Re: CREATEROLE and role ownership hierarchies

Mark Dilger <mark.dilger@enterprisedb.com>

From: Mark Dilger <mark.dilger@enterprisedb.com>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
Cc: Joshua Brindle <joshua.brindle@crunchydata.com>, Shinya Kato <Shinya11.Kato@oss.nttdata.com>, "Bossart, Nathan" <bossartn@amazon.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>
Date: 2022-01-18T20:51:46Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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Rebased:

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