From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Message-Id: <200312061227.hB6CRQY10676@candle.pha.pa.us>
Subject: Re: What's wrong with COPY rights in 7.3.4?
In-Reply-To: <3FCE0865.5000902@scmbb.ulb.ac.be>
To: Olivier Hubaut <olivier@scmbb.ulb.ac.be>
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 07:27:26 -0500 (EST)
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
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COPY is done with the rights of the server backend, not your client. 
You can also use \copy in psql and that is done in the client.

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Olivier Hubaut wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I tried to use the COPY function in v7.3.4 but I have a problem. 
> According to the documentation, anyboy having the good rights on the 
> table he want to copy could do it without any problem.
> 
> When I tried it, I found that using this command is impossible if you 
> aren't an administrator for the instance of PostgreSQL.
> 
> Is it a bug or a *feature*?
> 
> The commands I tried are the followings:
> 
> COPY table FROM '/file.sql';
> 
> and
> 
> COPY table TO '/file.sql';
> 
> Thanks for responding.
> 
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