Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 15:59:11 -0600 (MDT)
From: "scott.marlowe" <scott.marlowe@ihs.com>
To: Pallav Kalva <pkalva@deg.cc>
Cc: <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Permissions not working
In-Reply-To: <40917768.8040107@deg.cc>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0404291558160.11110-100000@css120.ihs.com>
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On Thu, 29 Apr 2004, Pallav Kalva wrote:

> scott.marlowe wrote:
> 
> >On Thu, 29 Apr 2004, Pallav Kalva wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>Hi ,
> >>
> >>    I am having some problems with setting up permissions in Postgres. I 
> >>have a database for ex: 'ups' and it was owned previously by 
> >>'postgres(superuser)' but now i have changed the ownership to new user 
> >>'ups' all the tables are owned by these user 'ups'. This database doesnt 
> >>have any schemas except for 'Public'. I have created another user lets 
> >>say 'test' and i didnt give 'test' user any permissions to access the 
> >>tables owned by 'ups' but still when i login to 'ups' database as  psql 
> >>ups  test and run a select on the  tables owned by 'ups' database  it 
> >>goes through.
> >>   I dont want  user 'test' to access any tables from the 'ups' 
> >>database, i tried revoking permissions it still doesnt work. Can anyone 
> >>tell me what is wrong here ?
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Log in as the superuser (usually postgres) and see what you get from this 
> >query:
> >
> >select usesuper from pg_shadow where usename='test';
> >
> >if usesuper is t, then test is a superuser and can do anything he wants.  
> >You need to issue the command:
> >
> >alter user test with nocreateuser;
> >
> >If that isn't the problem, let us know.
> >  
> >
> Thanks! for the quick reply, I ran the above query and it is 'f' for the 
> 'test' user, 'test' is not a super user.

Ok, then what does 

\z tablename

where tablename is one of the tables you don't want test to access.