Re: v16 roles, SET FALSE, INHERIT FALSE, ADMIN FALSE

"David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com> writes:
> On Mon, Jul 8, 2024 at 2:16 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> Pavel Luzanov <p.luzanov@postgrespro.ru> writes:
> On 08.07.2024 22:22, Christophe Pettus wrote:
>>>> This is more curiosity than anything else.  In the v16 role system, is
>>>> there actually any reason to grant membership in a role to a different
>>>> role, but with SET FALSE, INHERIT FALSE, and ADMIN FALSE?  Does the role
>>>> granted membership gain any ability it didn't have before in that case?

>>> Looks like there is one ability.
>>> Authentication in pg_hba.conf "USER" field via +role syntax.

>> Hmm, if that check doesn't require INHERIT TRUE I'd say it's
>> a bug.

> The code doesn't support that claim.

That doesn't make it not a bug.  Robert, what do you think?  If this
is correct behavior, why is it correct?

            regards, tom lane