"David G. Johnston" <david.g.johns...@gmail.com> writes:
> On Mon, Jul 8, 2024 at 2:16 PM Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> 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.
> The code doesn't support that claim.
That doesn't make it not a bug. Robert, what do you think? If this
is correct behavior, why is it correct?
regards, tom lane
