> > Dear group, > > i created a user named 'dataviewer' and grant only select permission to > > that user, > > but now the user could able to create tables. how to restrict this, > > i want to give permission to create views and do selects on tables and > > views. > > how to do it? > > plz help. > Have your checked > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/sql-grant.html > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/sql-revoke.html > I would start by creating a role: > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/user-manag.html > And revoke all on it. Then add only the permissions it needs and assign the > role to the user.
Also, one additional point would be to revoke all from public as mentioned in the following thread: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2006-07/msg00148.php Apparently, whatever privileges 'pubic' has are extended to the privileges of the individual users. Regards, Richard Broersma Jr. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
