Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 20:08:11 +0200 (CEST)
From: Rachel Roch <rroch@tutanota.de>
To: Pgsql General <pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org>
Message-ID: <OSeT_Gx--F-9@tutanota.de>
Subject: pg_restore ERROR:  permission denied to change default privileges
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I have a pg_dump from a postgres instance that I am attempting to restore o=
nto a cloud one (i.e. an instance where I don't have access to the postgres=
 superuser)

The dump was taken with:

pg_dump -Fc --quote-all-identifiers --serializable-deferrable --no-unlogged=
-table-data my_database > my_database.dump

I am attempting to restore it using the proxy admin user provided by the cl=
oud provider:


pg_restore -d "host=3Dfoobar.example.com port=3D12345 user=3Dmy_cloud_admin=
_user sslrootcert=3D/path/to/the/cert.crt sslmode=3Drequire dbname=3Dmy_dat=
abase" -O -1=C2=A0my_database.dump


This is the error I am seeing:
pg_restore: error: could not execute query: ERROR:=C2=A0 permission denied =
to change default privilegesCommand was: ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES FOR ROLE =
"postgres" IN SCHEMA "public" GRANT SELECT ON TABLES TO "my_database_ro";

N.B. "my_database_ro" being a user that was on the original database, and w=
as successfully created in the new database by restoring a "pg_dumpall --gl=
obals-only" into the new database before attempting the pg_restore