From: johnf <jfabiani@yolo.com>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Information schema permissions
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 17:33:25 -0800
Message-ID: <200802061733.25506.jfabiani@yolo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040.1202341042@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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On Wednesday 06 February 2008 03:37:22 pm Tom Lane wrote:
> 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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Thanks. Actually it would benefit my app.
--
John Fabiani
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