Stephen Frost <sfr...@snowman.net> writes: > The way permissions on catalog objects are handled isn't discussed at > all in the documentation. Barring objections, I'll commit and > back-patch the attached to improve that situation in the next day or so.
I have no objection to the goal, but I do not think this wording is very helpful. In particular I find the terminology "catalog object" vague and confusing: are you talking about catalogs, objects described in the catalogs, or both? You probably need to distinguish at least two cases: 1. Altering permissions on system catalogs, as such, only restricts what can be done by user queries on the catalogs; the database's internal operations do not check permissions when accessing or updating catalogs. Thus for example denying select on pg_proc does not stop the parser from looking up function names, but it would break psql's \df. 2. Altering permissions on built-in objects, such as built-in functions, does work to the extent that those objects are used in user queries (and not by internal operations). The point about such changes not being preserved across pg_dump or pg_upgrade applies to both cases. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers