Re: [HACKERS] Doc patch, further describe and-mask nature of the permission system

2012-12-16 Thread Karl O. Pinc
On 12/16/2012 12:56:22 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > On Mon, 2012-12-10 at 20:48 -0600, Karl O. Pinc wrote: > > On 11/14/2012 02:35:54 PM, Karl O. Pinc wrote: > > > On 11/13/2012 08:50:55 PM, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > > > On Sat, 2012-09-29 at 01:16 -0500, Karl O. Pinc wrote: > > > > > This patch

Re: [HACKERS] Doc patch, further describe and-mask nature of the permission system

2012-12-15 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On Mon, 2012-12-10 at 20:48 -0600, Karl O. Pinc wrote: > On 11/14/2012 02:35:54 PM, Karl O. Pinc wrote: > > On 11/13/2012 08:50:55 PM, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > > On Sat, 2012-09-29 at 01:16 -0500, Karl O. Pinc wrote: > > > > This patch makes some sweeping statements. > > > > > > Unfortunately,

Re: [HACKERS] Doc patch, further describe and-mask nature of the permission system

2012-12-10 Thread Karl O. Pinc
On 11/14/2012 02:35:54 PM, Karl O. Pinc wrote: > On 11/13/2012 08:50:55 PM, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > On Sat, 2012-09-29 at 01:16 -0500, Karl O. Pinc wrote: > > > This patch makes some sweeping statements. > > > > Unfortunately, they are wrong. > > I will see if anything can be salvaged. Here'

Re: [HACKERS] Doc patch, further describe and-mask nature of the permission system

2012-11-14 Thread Karl O. Pinc
On 11/13/2012 08:50:55 PM, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > On Sat, 2012-09-29 at 01:16 -0500, Karl O. Pinc wrote: > > This patch makes some sweeping statements. > > Unfortunately, they are wrong. I will see if anything can be salvaged. Regards, Karl Free Software: "You don't pay back, you pay forwa

Re: [HACKERS] Doc patch, further describe and-mask nature of the permission system

2012-11-13 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On Sat, 2012-09-29 at 01:16 -0500, Karl O. Pinc wrote: > This patch makes some sweeping statements. Unfortunately, they are wrong. What you term the additive nature is really only a special case in the relationship between table and column privileges. Schema and database privileges are completel

Re: [HACKERS] Doc patch, further describe and-mask nature of the permission system v2

2012-10-01 Thread Karl O. Pinc
On 09/29/2012 02:28:40 AM, Karl O. Pinc wrote: > On 09/29/2012 01:16:51 AM, Karl O. Pinc wrote: > > > The attached documentation patch further describes the > > additive nature of the permission system. > > Attached a second patch, applied after the > first, to extend the discussion > further re

Re: [HACKERS] Doc patch, further describe and-mask nature of the permission system

2012-09-29 Thread Karl O. Pinc
On 09/29/2012 01:16:51 AM, Karl O. Pinc wrote: > The attached documentation patch further describes the > additive nature of the permission system. Attached a second patch, applied after the first, to extend the discussion further regards roles. (Original patch attached for reference.) Karl

[HACKERS] Doc patch, further describe and-mask nature of the permission system

2012-09-28 Thread Karl O. Pinc
Hi, The attached documentation patch further describes the additive nature of the permission system. This patch makes some sweeping statements. It needs review by someone who knows whats in all the corners. (I'm sure this would happen anyway, but it seems worth mentioning.) Paragraph structu