you can also do it by a shell script grantall.sh: ###### start of grantall.sh ####### #!/bin/ash SQL="SELECT relname FROM pg_class WHERE (relkind = 'r' OR relkind = 'S') AND relname !~ '^pg_' ORDER BY relname" OBJ=`psql -t -c "${SQL}" $1` # OBJ=`echo ${OBJ} | sed 's/EOF//g'` OBJ=`echo ${OBJ} | sed 's/ /, /g'` # SQL="REVOKE ALL ON ${OBJ} FROM PUBLIC" SQL="GRANT ALL ON ${OBJ} TO PUBLIC" echo ${SQL} psql -c "${SQL}" $1 ###### end of grantall.sh ####### syntax: grantall.sh name_of_database sherwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >>>>>> "bk" == Boulat Khakimov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > bk> How do I grant permissions on everything in the selected > bk> databes? > > bk> GRANT doesnt take as on object database name nor does it > bk> accept wild chars.... > >Attached is some Perl code I wrote long ago to do this. This >particular code was done for Keystone, a problem tracking database and >it would do a "GRANT ALL". Modify it as needed. Last I checked it >worked with both PostgreSQL 6.5.x and 7.0.x > > >roland >-- > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html