GRANT all to a super user

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#1Gauthier, Dave
dave.gauthier@intel.com

What is the (is there a) grant command that I can use to create a super user without having to specify all the DB objects?

grant all on database foo to thesuper;
and
grant all privileges on database foo to thesuper;

Don't work.

I know I can achieve what I want by submitting a grant for each and every object in the DB. But is there a way to do it all with one command, maybe something like...

"grant all privileges on everything to thesuper" ?

Thanks
-dave

#2Pavel Stehule
pavel.stehule@gmail.com
In reply to: Gauthier, Dave (#1)
Re: GRANT all to a super user

Hello

there are not similar statement

if you would to grant rights to more database objects, you have to use
script or stored procedure.

regards
Pavel Stehule

2009/5/27 Gauthier, Dave <dave.gauthier@intel.com>:

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What is the (is there a) grant command that I can use to create a super user
without having to specify all the DB objects?

grant all on database foo to thesuper;

and

grant all privileges on database foo to thesuper;

Don’t work.

I know I can achieve what I want by submitting a grant for each and every
object in the DB.  But is there a way to do it all with one command, maybe
something like...

“grant all privileges on everything to thesuper”  ?

Thanks

-dave

#3Andrew Gould
andrewlylegould@gmail.com
In reply to: Gauthier, Dave (#1)
Re: GRANT all to a super user

On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Gauthier, Dave <dave.gauthier@intel.com>wrote:

What is the (is there a) grant command that I can use to create a super
user without having to specify all the DB objects?

grant all on database foo to thesuper;

and

grant all privileges on database foo to thesuper;

Don’t work.

I know I can achieve what I want by submitting a grant for each and every
object in the DB. But is there a way to do it all with one command, maybe
something like...

“grant all privileges on *everything* to thesuper” ?

Thanks

-dave

There is a '-s' option for createuser that designates the user account as a
superuser.

You can use 'alter user' or 'alter role' to give superuser authority to an
existing account:

alter user [account name] with superuser;

I think the superuser role applies to all databases.

Andrew

#4Jasen Betts
jasen@xnet.co.nz
In reply to: Gauthier, Dave (#1)
Re: GRANT all to a super user

On 2009-05-27, Gauthier, Dave <dave.gauthier@intel.com> wrote:

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What is the (is there a) grant command that I can use to create a super use=
r without having to specify all the DB objects?

SUPERUSER cant be GRANTed, it's done with ALTER USER instead..

ALTER USER fred WITH SUPERUSER.

as a superuser fred can now do anything that other superusers (eg, "postgres")
can do. ( ie: create users, etc..) if you don't want that you may instead want
to grant fred the role of the database ownwer,

assuming the database owner is "dave"

GRANT dave TO fred;

use WITH ADMIN OPTION at the end if you want to let fred invite bill
to the party too.