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Add support for privileges on types
This adds support for the more or less SQL-conforming USAGE privilege on types and domains. The intent is to be able restrict which users can create dependencies on types, which restricts the way in which owners can alter types. reviewed by Yeb Havinga
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‎doc/src/sgml/information_schema.sgml

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the attributes of composite data types defined in the database.
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(Note that the view does not give information about table columns,
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which are sometimes called attributes in PostgreSQL contexts.)
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Only those attributes are shown that the current user has access to (by way
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of being the owner of or having some privilege on the type).
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</para>
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<table>
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<title><literal>domain_constraints</literal></title>
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<para>
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The view <literal>domain_constraints</literal> contains all
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constraints belonging to domains defined in the current database.
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The view <literal>domain_constraints</literal> contains all constraints
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belonging to domains defined in the current database. Only those domains
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are shown that the current user has access to (by way of being the owner or
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having some privilege).
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</para>
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<table>
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<title><literal>domains</literal></title>
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<para>
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The view <literal>domains</literal> contains all domains defined in
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the current database.
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The view <literal>domains</literal> contains all domains defined in the
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current database. Only those domains are shown that the current user has
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access to (by way of being the owner or having some privilege).
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</para>
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<table>
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<title><literal>udt_privileges</literal></title>
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<para>
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The view <literal>udt_privileges</literal> is intended to identify
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<literal>USAGE</literal> privileges granted on user-defined types
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to a currently enabled role or by a currently enabled role. Since
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data types do not have real privileges
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in <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>, this view shows implicit
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non-grantable <literal>USAGE</literal> privileges granted by the
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owner to <literal>PUBLIC</literal> for all types, including
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built-in ones (except domains,
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see <xref linkend="infoschema-usage-privileges"> for that).
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The view <literal>udt_privileges</literal> identifies
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<literal>USAGE</literal> privileges granted on user-defined types to a
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currently enabled role or by a currently enabled role. There is one row for
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each combination of column, grantor, and grantee. This view shows only
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composite types (see under <xref linkend="infoschema-user-defined-types">
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for why); see
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<xref linkend="infoschema-usage-privileges"> for domain privileges.
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Since collations and domains do not have real privileges
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Since collations do not have real privileges
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in <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>, this view shows implicit
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non-grantable <literal>USAGE</literal> privileges granted by the
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owner to <literal>PUBLIC</literal> for all collations and domains. The other
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owner to <literal>PUBLIC</literal> for all collations. The other
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object types, however, show real privileges.
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</para>
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<para>
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The view <literal>user_defined_types</literal> currently contains
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all composite types defined in the current database.
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Only those types are shown that the current user has access to (by way
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of being the owner or having some privilege).
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</para>
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<para>

‎doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_default_privileges.sgml

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ON FUNCTIONS
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TO { [ GROUP ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">role_name</replaceable> | PUBLIC } [, ...] [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]
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GRANT { USAGE | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
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ON TYPES
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TO { [ GROUP ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">role_name</replaceable> | PUBLIC } [, ...] [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]
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REVOKE [ GRANT OPTION FOR ]
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{ { SELECT | INSERT | UPDATE | DELETE | TRUNCATE | REFERENCES | TRIGGER }
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[, ...] | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
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ON FUNCTIONS
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FROM { [ GROUP ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">role_name</replaceable> | PUBLIC } [, ...]
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[ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
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REVOKE [ GRANT OPTION FOR ]
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{ USAGE | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
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ON TYPES
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FROM { [ GROUP ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">role_name</replaceable> | PUBLIC } [, ...]
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[ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
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</synopsis>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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that will be applied to objects created in the future. (It does not
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affect privileges assigned to already-existing objects.) Currently,
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only the privileges for tables (including views and foreign tables),
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sequences, and functions can be altered.
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sequences, functions, and types (including domains) can be altered.
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‎doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_foreign_table.sgml

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the table's schema. (These restrictions enforce that altering the owner
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doesn't do anything you couldn't do by dropping and recreating the table.
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However, a superuser can alter ownership of any table anyway.)
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To add a column or alter a column type, you must also
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have <literal>USAGE</literal> privilege on the data type.
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</para>
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‎doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml

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the table's schema. (These restrictions enforce that altering the owner
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doesn't do anything you couldn't do by dropping and recreating the table.
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However, a superuser can alter ownership of any table anyway.)
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To add a column or alter a column type or use the <literal>OF</literal>
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clause, you must also have <literal>USAGE</literal> privilege on the data
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type.
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</para>
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‎doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_type.sgml

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the type's schema. (These restrictions enforce that altering the owner
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doesn't do anything you couldn't do by dropping and recreating the type.
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However, a superuser can alter ownership of any type anyway.)
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To add an attribute or alter an attribute type, you must also
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have <literal>USAGE</literal> privilege on the data type.
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</para>
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‎doc/src/sgml/ref/create_aggregate.sgml

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than</quote> or <quote>greater than</quote> strategy member of a B-tree
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index operator class.
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<para>
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To be able to create an aggregate function, you must
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have <literal>USAGE</literal> privilege on the argument types, the state
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type, and the return type, as well as <literal>EXECUTE</literal> privilege
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on the transition and final functions.
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</para>
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‎doc/src/sgml/ref/create_cast.sgml

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To be able to create a cast, you must own the source or the target
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data type. To create a binary-coercible cast, you must be superuser.
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(This restriction is made because an erroneous binary-coercible cast
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conversion can easily crash the server.)
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To be able to create a cast, you must own the source or the target data type
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and have <literal>USAGE</literal> privilege on the other type. To create a
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binary-coercible cast, you must be superuser. (This restriction is made
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because an erroneous binary-coercible cast conversion can easily crash the
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server.)
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‎doc/src/sgml/ref/create_domain.sgml

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To be able to create a domain, you must have <literal>USAGE</literal>
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privilege on the underlying type.
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</para>
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To be able to create a table, you must have <literal>USAGE</literal>
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privilege on all column types.
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‎doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml

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To be able to create a function, you must have <literal>USAGE</literal>
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privilege on the argument types and the return type.
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