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* Minimum permissions required for pg_dump as a backup user
@ 2002-10-10 22:46 Andrew McMillan <andrew@catalyst.net.nz>
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From: Andrew McMillan @ 2002-10-10 22:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-novice@postgresql.org; +Cc: team-srs@catalyst.net.nz
Hi All,
Does anyone know what the minimum permission is required to have
database backups run as a less privileged user?
We have tried granting 'SELECT' to our backup user, but it appears that
this is insufficient as pg_dump wants to lock things while it runs.
Is there some privilege less than 'UPDATE' that would allow the backups
to operate, but otherwise allow the backup user read-only access to the
database?
Thanks,
Andrew.
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* Re: Minimum permissions required for pg_dump as a backup user
@ 2002-10-11 04:16 Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
parent: Andrew McMillan <andrew@catalyst.net.nz>
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From: Tom Lane @ 2002-10-11 04:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew McMillan <andrew@catalyst.net.nz>; +Cc: pgsql-novice@postgresql.org; team-srs@catalyst.net.nz
Andrew McMillan <andrew@catalyst.net.nz> writes:
> Does anyone know what the minimum permission is required to have
> database backups run as a less privileged user?
Backups should be run as the superuser. Don't waste your time trying
to kluge up something else.
regards, tom lane
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