On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 16:37, Keith Fiske <ke...@omniti.com> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: >> "Keith Fiske" <ke...@omniti.com> writes: > >>> If you create a user as a NONsuperuser, >>> then later ALTER them to be one, they will NOT have the replication >>> permission and cannot be used as a replication user until you explicitly >>> grant that permission. >> >> That doesn't sound to me like a bug. These flags are independent, we >> just provide a certain default at role creation time. >> > > That is not what the documentation as read would lead people to > believe. I'd be more than happy to help with clarifying the > documentation myself if needed. Just let me know how.
This part I agree with - it makes sense for ALTER to set both flags when it enables superuser. It seems inconsistent now - even if it may be technically correct. If we don't change it, we should definitely accept a docs patch to clarify what happens, because I agree it's confusing. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
