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Add a SET option to the GRANT command.

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Similar to how the INHERIT option controls whether or not the
permissions of the granted role are automatically available to the
grantee, the new SET permission controls whether or not the grantee
may use the SET ROLE command to assume the privileges of the granted
role.

In addition, the new SET permission controls whether or not it
is possible to transfer ownership of objects to the target role
or to create new objects owned by the target role using commands
such as CREATE DATABASE .. OWNER. We could alternatively have made
this controlled by the INHERIT option, or allow it when either
option is given. An advantage of this approach is that if you
are granted a predefined role with INHERIT TRUE, SET FALSE, you
can't go and create objects owned by that role.

The underlying theory here is that the ability to create objects
as a target role is not a privilege per se, and thus does not
depend on whether you inherit the target role's privileges. However,
it's surely something you could do anyway if you could SET ROLE
to the target role, and thus making it contingent on whether you
have that ability is reasonable.

Design review by Nathan Bossat, Wolfgang Walther, Jeff Davis,
Peter Eisentraut, and Stephen Frost.

Discussion: http://postgr.es/m/CA+Tgmob+zDSRS6JXYrgq0NWdzCXuTNzT5eK54Dn2hhgt17nm8A@mail.gmail.com
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Robert Haas
2022-11-18 12:32:50 -05:00
parent f84ff0c6d4
commit 3d14e171e9
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@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ GRANT { USAGE | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
[ GRANTED BY <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> ]
GRANT <replaceable class="parameter">role_name</replaceable> [, ...] TO <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> [, ...]
[ WITH { ADMIN | INHERIT } { OPTION | TRUE | FALSE } ]
[ WITH { ADMIN | INHERIT | SET } { OPTION | TRUE | FALSE } ]
[ GRANTED BY <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> ]
<phrase>where <replaceable class="parameter">role_specification</replaceable> can be:</phrase>
@@ -250,17 +250,17 @@ GRANT <replaceable class="parameter">role_name</replaceable> [, ...] TO <replace
<para>
This variant of the <command>GRANT</command> command grants membership
in a role to one or more other roles. Membership in a role is significant
because it conveys the privileges granted to a role to each of its
members.
because it potentially allows access to the privileges granted to a role
to each of its members, and potentially also the ability to make changes
to the role itself. However, the actualy permisions conferred depend on
the options associated with the grant.
</para>
<para>
The effect of membership in a role can be modified by specifying the
<literal>ADMIN</literal> or <literal>INHERIT</literal> option, each
of which can be set to either <literal>TRUE</literal> or
<literal>FALSE</literal>. The keyword <literal>OPTION</literal> is accepted
as a synonym for <literal>TRUE</literal>, so that
<literal>WITH ADMIN OPTION</literal>
Each of the options described below can be set to either
<literal>TRUE</literal> or <literal>FALSE</literal>. The keyword
<literal>OPTION</literal> is accepted as a synonym for
<literal>TRUE</literal>, so that <literal>WITH ADMIN OPTION</literal>
is a synonym for <literal>WITH ADMIN TRUE</literal>.
</para>
@@ -272,7 +272,8 @@ GRANT <replaceable class="parameter">role_name</replaceable> [, ...] TO <replace
OPTION</literal> on itself. Database superusers can grant or revoke
membership in any role to anyone. Roles having
<literal>CREATEROLE</literal> privilege can grant or revoke membership
in any role that is not a superuser.
in any role that is not a superuser. This option defaults to
<literal>FALSE</literal>.
</para>
<para>
@@ -287,6 +288,17 @@ GRANT <replaceable class="parameter">role_name</replaceable> [, ...] TO <replace
See <link linkend="sql-createrole"><command>CREATE ROLE</command></link>.
</para>
<para>
The <literal>SET</literal> option, if it is set to
<literal>TRUE</literal>, allows the member to change to the granted
role using the
<link linkend="sql-set-role"><command>SET ROLE</command></link>
command. If a role is an indirect member of another role, it can use
<literal>SET ROLE</literal> to change to that role only if there is a
chain of grants each of which has <literal>SET TRUE</literal>.
This option defaults to <literal>TRUE</literal>.
</para>
<para>
If <literal>GRANTED BY</literal> is specified, the grant is recorded as
having been done by the specified role. A user can only attribute a grant