Tom Lane writes: > REVOKE ALL ON SCHEMA public FROM PUBLIC; > > which fails with > > ERROR: dependent privileges exist (use CASCADE to revoke them too)
Not here. > This message seems incorrect --- what is a dependent privilege, and > why would PUBLIC have any? The term "dependent privilege" is explained on the REVOKE reference page. And no, PUBLIC wouldn't ever have any. > Also, pg_dump itself seems confused --- the full text of a dump from > an empty DB is (omitting comment lines) > > \connect - postgres > REVOKE ALL ON SCHEMA public FROM PUBLIC; > GRANT ALL ON SCHEMA public TO PUBLIC; > GRANT ALL ON SCHEMA public TO PUBLIC; > REVOKE ALL ON SCHEMA public FROM postgres; > > which is not only inefficient but wrong, since public surely should > have privileges when the dust settles. The second GRANT is a bug because the buffer wasn't cleared. The other commands are correct as far as pg_dump is concerned. At the end the privileges are exactly "=UC/postgres", which is what they are by default. -- Peter Eisentraut [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org