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From: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
To: Robert Haas <[email protected]>
Cc: David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
Cc: Pavel Luzanov <[email protected]>
Cc: Christophe Pettus <[email protected]>
Cc: pgsql-general <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: v16 roles, SET FALSE, INHERIT FALSE, ADMIN FALSE
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2024 18:08:50 -0400
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"David G. Johnston" <[email protected]> writes:
> On Mon, Jul 8, 2024 at 2:16 PM Tom Lane <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Pavel Luzanov <[email protected]> writes:
> On 08.07.2024 22:22, Christophe Pettus wrote:
>>>> This is more curiosity than anything else.  In the v16 role system, is
>>>> there actually any reason to grant membership in a role to a different
>>>> role, but with SET FALSE, INHERIT FALSE, and ADMIN FALSE?  Does the role
>>>> granted membership gain any ability it didn't have before in that case?

>>> Looks like there is one ability.
>>> Authentication in pg_hba.conf "USER" field via +role syntax.

>> Hmm, if that check doesn't require INHERIT TRUE I'd say it's
>> a bug.

> The code doesn't support that claim.

That doesn't make it not a bug.  Robert, what do you think?  If this
is correct behavior, why is it correct?

			regards, tom lane

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