Horton

Re: fixing CREATEROLE

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

View thread View on postgr.es
From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: vignesh C <vignesh21@gmail.com>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>, "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>, Mark Dilger <mark.dilger@enterprisedb.com>, walther@technowledgy.de, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, "pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2023-01-15T00:32:20Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Sat, Jan 14, 2023 at 2:26 AM vignesh C <vignesh21@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure if any work is left here, if there is nothing more to do,
> can we close this?

There's a discussion on another thread about some follow-up
documentation adjustments, but feel free to close the CF entry for
this patch.

-- 
Robert Haas
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

Commits

  1. Add new GUC createrole_self_grant.

  2. Restrict the privileges of CREATEROLE users.

  3. Pass down current user ID to AddRoleMems and DelRoleMems.

  4. Refactor permissions-checking for role grants.

  5. Improve documentation of the CREATEROLE attibute.

  6. Make role grant system more consistent with other privileges.