On 05/06/2019 09:52, Laurenz Albe wrote:
> Chris Withers wrote:
>> Is there any way to grant rights to a user such that they can drop and
>> re-create only a single database?
> No; what I'd do if I needed that is to create a SECURITY DEFINER function
> that is owned by a user with the CREATEDB privilege.
> This function can be called by a normal user that has the EXECUTE privilege
> on the function.
>
> Don't forget to "SET search_path" on such a function (as mentioned in the
> documentation). It might also be a good idea to REVOKE EXECUTE on the
> function from PUBLIC.
Thanks, that's a great idea! Is this pattern documented anywhere as a
complete finished thing?
cheers,
Chris