Peter Eisentraut wrote:
Is it correct that a user with CREATEROLE privilege but without CREATEDB
privilege can create a user with *CREATEDB* privilege, thus bypassing his
original restrictions? This sequence doesn't look right:
pei=# create user foo1 createrole;
CREATE ROLE
pei=# \c - foo1
You are now connected to database "pei" as user "foo1".
pei=> create database test;
ERROR: permission denied to create database
pei=> create user foo2 createdb;
CREATE ROLE
pei=> \c - foo2
You are now connected to database "pei" as user "foo2".
pei=> create database test;
CREATE DATABASE
that's how its documented:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/sql-createrole.html
Be careful with the CREATEROLE privilege. There is no concept of
inheritance for the privileges of a CREATEROLE-role. That means that
even if a role does not have a certain privilege but is allowed to
create other roles, it can easily create another role with different
privileges than its own (except for creating roles with superuser
privileges). For example, if the role "user" has the CREATEROLE
privilege but not the CREATEDB privilege, nonetheless it can create a
new role with the CREATEDB privilege. Therefore, regard roles that have
the CREATEROLE privilege as almost-superuser-roles.
--
Chander Ganesan
The Open Technology Group
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Morrisville, NC 27560
Phone: 877-258-8987/919-463-0999
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