From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: johnf <jfabiani@yolo.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Information schema permissions
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:37:22 -0500
Message-ID: <20040.1202341042@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200802061301.35718.jfabiani@yolo.com>
References: <200802061301.35718.jfabiani@yolo.com>
johnf <jfabiani@yolo.com> writes:
> Assume a standard install on Linux (what ever that means). Would a normal
> user have access to information schema? I have a front end written in python
> that accesses tables and permissions are set based on roles. But I do
> nothing with respect to the information schema view. I would like my program
> to access the view. Would there be anything preventing a standard user
> from 'SELECT' access?
The information schema views are accessible to anyone, but be aware that
they show different sets of rows to different people --- you can only
see rows that are about tables that you have some access permissions
for. This might or might not confuse your app ...
regards, tom lane
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