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> On Mon, 23 Feb 1998, Jan Wieck wrote:
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> > >
> > > On Mon, 23 Feb 1998, Mattias Kregert wrote:
> > >
> > > > Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > OK, but why would anyone want the old behavior?
> > > > >
> > > > > I guess if you have a table that is not select-able by everyone, and you
> > > > > create a view on it, the default permits will allow select to others.
> > > > > You would have to set the permit on that view. Is there more to that
> > > > > pg_class flag you want to add?
> > > >
> > > > Why does views default to 'select' permission for 'public'?
> > > > I think most people will never think of the possibility that others
> > > > will be able to SELECT their data through views.
> > > > Should not 'create view' at least print a NOTICE about this?
> > >
> > > Considering how much security we are putting around everything
> > > else, is it unreasonably to have both 'create view'/'create table' default
> > > to 'revoke all' to public, and 'grant all' to owner?
> >
> > include/utils/acl.h line 65
> >
> > set ACL_WORLD_DEFAULT to ACL_NO
> >
> > Then tables and views default to what you wanted.
>
> Have you actually tried this? :) Does it break anything?
>
>
>
No I didn't - but if I read your smiley correct it does - right?
I'm close to fixing the backend crashes on REVOKE ALL ON pg_user
and so I didn't wanted to loose any minute and check if the above
works properly.
Jan
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