Pavel Luzanov <p.luzanov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 08.07.2024 22:22, Christophe Pettus wrote: >> This is more curiosity than anything else. In the v16 role system, is there actually any reason to grant membership in a role to a different role, but with SET FALSE, INHERIT FALSE, and ADMIN FALSE? Does the role granted membership gain any ability it didn't have before in that case? > Looks like there is one ability. > Authentication in pg_hba.conf "USER" field via +role syntax. Hmm, if that check doesn't require INHERIT TRUE I'd say it's a bug. regards, tom lane