Hello,

I'm not sure why wish not to pre-create a database for each student and limiting them to that database with the no create database priv. Depending on why you want to do that, I think you might be able to give each user a schema. I think access to schemas has to be explicitly granted. We've had students create other schemas instead of using "public" and it really causes problems when they want to grant users access to their databases. In your case, this might work to your advantage.

Carol Walter

On May 24, 2007, at 2:31 PM, Scott Marlowe wrote:

Thomas Mack wrote:
Hello!

I face a problem here with restricting access to databases to
the owners of the database (Postgres 8.1.4).

We would like any postgres user to have database access restricted
to their own databases only. This is so, as we use postgres for
educational purposes.

I looked into pg_hba.conf, but unfortunately, when restricting
database access in the database field, the NAME(!) of the database
is concerned, which we do not restrict. Any user can create as
many databases as needed, and the name may be choosen freely.

The 'user' field does not help in this either.

So is there any chance to achieve what we need without revoking
the 'create database' permission and pre-creating the databases
for all our users?

Thanks,
Thomas Mack

Does not the sameuser database name work for you in pg_hba.conf? I.e. you can only log into the database that bears your name.


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