Hi guys,

My live 7.3.4 database dumps data like this:

SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION 'auadmin';

--
-- TOC entry 346 (OID 1012952)
-- Name: log_freeprofile; Type: TABLE; Schema: public; Owner: auadmin
--

CREATE TABLE log_freeprofile (
     date date DEFAULT ('now'::text)::date NOT NULL,
     "start" integer DEFAULT '0',
     complete integer DEFAULT '0',
     gotojoin integer DEFAULT '0',
     payment integer DEFAULT '0',
     done integer DEFAULT '0',
     joined integer DEFAULT '0'
);


--
-- TOC entry 347 (OID 1012952)
-- Name: log_freeprofile; Type: ACL; Schema: public; Owner: auadmin
--

REVOKE ALL ON TABLE log_freeprofile FROM PUBLIC;
GRANT ALL ON TABLE log_freeprofile TO brett;
GRANT INSERT,SELECT,UPDATE ON TABLE log_freeprofile TO "au-php";
GRANT SELECT ON TABLE log_freeprofile TO GROUP readonly;
REVOKE ALL ON TABLE log_freeprofile FROM auadmin;


Now, loading this into 7.4beta3 gives this error:

ERROR:  dependent privileges exist

When executing the REVOKE ALL line.

I think this occurs because we do all the grants as auadmin, not as the 
superuser loading the file.  This means that all the grants that we 
grant are dependent privilegs, and hence that REVOKE line needs a 
CASCADE option.

Actually, why does that line even exist!?!?  Why do we need to REVOKE 
ALL from the table owner??

What should we do about this?

Chris



Mon, 29 Sep 2003 17:44:35 +0800
Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>
pg_dump permissions problem
Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au> writes:
> My live 7.3.4 database dumps data like this:

> REVOKE ALL ON TABLE log_freeprofile FROM PUBLIC;
> GRANT ALL ON TABLE log_freeprofile TO brett;
> GRANT INSERT,SELECT,UPDATE ON TABLE log_freeprofile TO "au-php";
> GRANT SELECT ON TABLE log_freeprofile TO GROUP readonly;
> REVOKE ALL ON TABLE log_freeprofile FROM auadmin;

> Now, loading this into 7.4beta3 gives this error:
> ERROR:  dependent privileges exist
> When executing the REVOKE ALL line.

Yeah, this is a known issue.  I think Peter was off looking into solutions.
It's clearly a "must fix" item.  Not sure if Bruce's open-items entry
	Fix REVOKE ALL ON FUNCTION error when removing owner permissions
describes exactly the same problem or something else.

			regards, tom lane

Mon, 29 Sep 2003 15:25:59 -0400
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Re: pg_dump permissions problem 
Tom Lane wrote:
> Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au> writes:
> > My live 7.3.4 database dumps data like this:
> 
> > REVOKE ALL ON TABLE log_freeprofile FROM PUBLIC;
> > GRANT ALL ON TABLE log_freeprofile TO brett;
> > GRANT INSERT,SELECT,UPDATE ON TABLE log_freeprofile TO "au-php";
> > GRANT SELECT ON TABLE log_freeprofile TO GROUP readonly;
> > REVOKE ALL ON TABLE log_freeprofile FROM auadmin;
> 
> > Now, loading this into 7.4beta3 gives this error:
> > ERROR:  dependent privileges exist
> > When executing the REVOKE ALL line.
> 
> Yeah, this is a known issue.  I think Peter was off looking into solutions.
> It's clearly a "must fix" item.  Not sure if Bruce's open-items entry
> 	Fix REVOKE ALL ON FUNCTION error when removing owner permissions
> describes exactly the same problem or something else.

Yep, that is it.  It was reported as a bug by two people recently.

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Mon, 29 Sep 2003 17:26:21 -0400 (EDT)
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Re: pg_dump permissions problem