GRANT

PostgreSQL 7.1.2 Documentation
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Synopsis

GRANT privilege [, ...] ON object [, ...]
    TO { PUBLIC | GROUP group | username }

Inputs

privilege

The possible privileges are:

SELECT: Access all of the columns of a specific table/view.
INSERT: Insert data into all columns of a specific table.
UPDATE: Update all columns of a specific table.
DELETE: Delete rows from a specific table.
RULE: Define rules on the table/view (See CREATE RULE statement).
ALL: Grant all privileges.

object

The name of an object to which to grant access. The possible objects are:

table
view
sequence

PUBLIC

A short form representing all users.

GROUP group

A group to whom to grant privileges.

username

The name of a user to whom to grant privileges. PUBLIC is a short form representing all users.

Outputs

CHANGE: Message returned if successful.
ERROR: ChangeAcl: class "object" not found: Message returned if the specified object is not available or if it is impossible to give privileges to the specified group or users.

Description

GRANT allows the creator of an object to give specific permissions to all users (PUBLIC) or to a certain user or group. Users other than the creator don't have any access permission unless the creator GRANTs permissions, after the object is created.

Once a user has a privilege on an object, he is enabled to exercise that privilege. There is no need to GRANT privileges to the creator of an object, the creator automatically holds ALL privileges, and can also drop the object.

Notes

Currently, to grant privileges in Postgres to only a few columns, you must create a view having desired columns and then grant privileges to that view.

Use psql \z for further information about permissions on existing objects:

	  Database    = lusitania
   +------------------+---------------------------------------------+
   |  Relation        |        Grant/Revoke Permissions             |
   +------------------+---------------------------------------------+
   | mytable          | {"=rw","miriam=arwR","group todos=rw"}      |
   +------------------+---------------------------------------------+
   Legend:
         uname=arwR -- privileges granted to a user
   group gname=arwR -- privileges granted to a GROUP
              =arwR -- privileges granted to PUBLIC

                  r -- SELECT
                  w -- UPDATE/DELETE
                  a -- INSERT
                  R -- RULE
               arwR -- ALL

Refer to REVOKE statements to revoke access privileges.

Usage

Grant insert privilege to all users on table films:

GRANT INSERT ON films TO PUBLIC;

Grant all privileges to user manuel on view kinds:

GRANT ALL ON kinds TO manuel;

Compatibility

SQL92

The SQL92 syntax for GRANT allows setting privileges for individual columns within a table, and allows setting a privilege to grant the same privileges to others:

GRANT privilege [, ...]
    ON object [ ( column [, ...] ) ] [, ...]
    TO { PUBLIC | username [, ...] } [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]

Fields are compatible with those in the Postgres implementation, with the following additions: