Jim, * Jim Nasby (jim.na...@bluetreble.com) wrote: > On 3/3/15 5:22 PM, Stephen Frost wrote: > >The > >problem with the role attribute approach is that they aren't inheirted > >the way GRANTs are, which means you can't have a "backup" role that is > >then granted out to users, you'd have to set a "BACKUP" role attribute > >for every role added. > > Yeah, but you'd still have to grant "backup" to every role created > anyway, right?
Yes, you would.
> Or you could create a role that has the backup attribute and then
> grant that to users. Then they'd have to intentionally SET ROLE
> my_backup_role to elevate their privilege. That seems like a safer
> way to do things...
This is already possible with the GRANT system- create a 'noinherit'
role instead of an 'inherit' role. I agree it's safer to require a
'SET ROLE' and configure all of my systems with a noinherit 'admin'
role.
Thanks!
Stephen
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