On Tue, 2015-07-21 at 16:54 +0900, Michael Paquier wrote: > 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 Great, thanks Michael, spot on. For the purposes of the archives: create user backup with password 'xxxx' replication; I had to specify a database name when connecting: psql -U backup -c "select pg_start_backup('Daily backup')" -d postgres Thanks, Andy -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
