On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 4:47 PM, Andrew Beverley <andy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear all, > > I'm setting up hot backups on my database server. As such, I'd like to set up a > Postgres user that has access to only pg_start_backup and pg_stop_backup. > > I'm unable to work out how to do this with the various GRANT options. Can someone > point me in the right direction please? Or is there a better way to achieve this, > rather than having a dedicated user? Access to pg_start_backup and pg_stop_backup can be done with either a replication user or a superuser. You can define user with such rights with CREATE ROLE with the keyword REPLICATION: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/sql-createrole.html -- Michael -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
