On Thu, 27 Jul 2023 06:09:28 -0700 "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thursday, July 27, 2023, Ben Hancock <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Should the CREATEDB privilege be inherited when granting the 'admins' > > role to a user, or is another step required? > > > > Or (quite possibly) have I misunderstood something else? > > > > Docs say: > > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-createrole.html#:~:text=based%20authentication%20method.-,The%20INHERIT%20attribute%20governs,before%20creating%20a%20database.,-The%20INHERIT%20attribute > " > > The INHERIT attribute governs inheritance of grantable privileges (that is, > access privileges for database objects and role memberships). It does not > apply to the special role attributes set by CREATE ROLE and ALTER ROLE. For > example, being a member of a role with CREATEDB privilege does not > immediately grant the ability to create databases, even if INHERIT is set; > it would be necessary to become that role via SET ROLE before creating a > database." > Thank you David - I had managed to skim past that. So following this, it looks like when I am "joe", I can set my role to "admins", and then create the database I need: postgres=> SET ROLE admins; SET postgres=> CREATE DATABASE joes_db; CREATE DATABASE Cheers! Ben Hancock
