On 09.07.2024 00:16, Tom Lane wrote:
Pavel Luzanov<p.luza...@postgrespro.ru>  writes:
On 08.07.2024 22:22, Christophe Pettus wrote:
This is more curiosity than anything else.  In the v16 role system, is there 
actually any reason to grant membership in a role to a different role, but with 
SET FALSE, INHERIT FALSE, and ADMIN FALSE?  Does the role granted membership 
gain any ability it didn't have before in that case?
Looks like there is one ability.
Authentication in pg_hba.conf "USER" field via +role syntax.
Hmm, if that check doesn't require INHERIT TRUE I'd say it's
a bug.

                        regards, tom lane

My test scenario:

postgres@demo(16.3)=# select * from pg_hba_file_rules ;
 rule_number |              file_name              | line_number | type  | 
database | user_name  | address | netmask | auth_method | options | error
-------------+-------------------------------------+-------------+-------+----------+------------+---------+---------+-------------+---------+-------
           1 | /etc/postgresql/16/main/pg_hba.conf |         118 | local | 
{all}    | {postgres} |         |         | trust       |         |
           2 | /etc/postgresql/16/main/pg_hba.conf |         121 | local | 
{all}    | {+bob}     |         |         | trust       |         |
           3 | /etc/postgresql/16/main/pg_hba.conf |         122 | local | 
{all}    | {alice}    |         |         | reject      |         |
(3 rows)

postgres@demo(16.3)=# \drg
            List of role grants
 Role name | Member of | Options | Grantor
-----------+-----------+---------+----------
 alice     | bob       |         | postgres
(1 row)

postgres@demo(16.3)=# \c - alice
You are now connected to database "demo" as user "alice".
alice@demo(16.3)=>


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Pavel Luzanov
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