Re: [PORTS] Port Bug Report: Grant select to other user removes owner select permission

Started by Bruce Momjianalmost 28 years ago2 messages
#1Bruce Momjian
maillist@candle.pha.pa.us

Does anyone want to comment on this?

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POSTGRESQL BUG REPORT TEMPLATE
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Your name : Adam Levine
Your email address : jarreth1@airmail.net

Category : runtime: back-end
Severity : non-critical

Summary: Grant select to other user removes owner select permission

System Configuration
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Operating System : Linux 2.0.33 Elf Slackware

PostgreSQL version : 6.3

Compiler used : gcc 2.7.2

Hardware:
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486 PCI, 64M ram

Versions of other tools:
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gmake 3.74

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Problem Description:
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If a user creates a table, and then grants select privs to another user, the owner of the table can no longer select withouth first granting himself select privs.
No other permissions testing was done, fyi.

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Test Case:
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user1 (in their database) creates table1; user1 selects from table1 (success); user2 selects from table1 (failure); user1 grants select on table1 to user2; user2 selects from table1 (success); user1 selects from table1 (failure);
user1 grants select on table1 to user1; user1 selects from table1 (success);

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Solution:
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#2The Hermit Hacker
scrappy@hub.org
In reply to: Bruce Momjian (#1)
Re: [HACKERS] Re: [PORTS] Port Bug Report: Grant select to other user removes owner select permission

On Mon, 16 Mar 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:

Does anyone want to comment on this?

Its a bug <- short, Bruce-like comment *grin*

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============================================================================
POSTGRESQL BUG REPORT TEMPLATE
============================================================================

Your name : Adam Levine
Your email address : jarreth1@airmail.net

Category : runtime: back-end
Severity : non-critical

Summary: Grant select to other user removes owner select permission

System Configuration
--------------------
Operating System : Linux 2.0.33 Elf Slackware

PostgreSQL version : 6.3

Compiler used : gcc 2.7.2

Hardware:
---------
486 PCI, 64M ram

Versions of other tools:
------------------------
gmake 3.74

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Problem Description:
--------------------
If a user creates a table, and then grants select privs to another user, the owner of the table can no longer select withouth first granting himself select privs.
No other permissions testing was done, fyi.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Test Case:
----------
user1 (in their database) creates table1; user1 selects from table1 (success); user2 selects from table1 (failure); user1 grants select on table1 to user2; user2 selects from table1 (success); user1 selects from table1 (failure);
user1 grants select on table1 to user1; user1 selects from table1 (success);

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Solution:
---------

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-- 
Bruce Momjian                          |  830 Blythe Avenue
maillist@candle.pha.pa.us              |  Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026
+  If your life is a hard drive,     |  (610) 353-9879(w)
+  Christ can be your backup.        |  (610) 853-3000(h)