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Re: role self-revocation

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

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From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com>, "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>, Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>, Joshua Brindle <joshua.brindle@crunchydata.com>, Mark Dilger <mark.dilger@enterprisedb.com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2022-03-10T22:02:05Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 5:00 PM Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 02:22:05PM -0500, Robert Haas wrote:
> > I mean, I didn't design pg_hba.conf, but I think it's part of the
> > database doing a reasonable thing, not an external system doing a
> > nonsensical thing.
>
> FYI, I think pg_hba.conf gets away with having negative/reject
> permissions only because it is strictly ordered.

I agree.

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

Commits

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

  2. Ensure that pg_auth_members.grantor is always valid.

  3. Remove the ability of a role to administer itself.

  4. Add tests of the CREATEROLE attribute

  5. Replace explicit PIN entries in pg_depend with an OID range test.

  6. Shore up ADMIN OPTION restrictions.

  7. Add pg_has_role() family of privilege inquiry functions modeled after the

  8. Align GRANT/REVOKE behavior more closely with the SQL spec, per discussion