BUG #2561: Manual is wrong: You can't grant a group to public

Brian Hurt wrote:

The manual page for grant here:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/sql-grant.html

indicates that you can grant a group to public. The discussion of
priveleges here:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/privileges.html

indicates that you can't, and experiment with 8.01 confirms that you can't
as well. I'm assuming this is a cut and paste error with the documentation.

Why are you trying 8.1 docs against 8.0 software?

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Alvaro Herrera wrote:

Brian Hurt wrote:

The manual page for grant here:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/sql-grant.html

indicates that you can grant a group to public. The discussion of
priveleges here:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/privileges.html

indicates that you can't, and experiment with 8.01 confirms that you can't
as well. I'm assuming this is a cut and paste error with the documentation.

Why are you trying 8.1 docs against 8.0 software?

Sorry- my typo. System is 8.1, not 8.0.1.

Did this work in 8.0?

Brian

"Brian Hurt" <bhurt@janestcapital.com> writes:

The manual page for grant here:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/sql-grant.html
indicates that you can grant a group to public. The discussion of
priveleges here:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/privileges.html
indicates that you can't,

Actually, I see nothing in that part of the manual mentioning that you
can't, either, but it's indeed true. Text adjusted in 8.1 and HEAD.
Thanks for the report.

regards, tom lane