Re: Connection by user with restricted access to pg_database

Hello,
16.12.2015 10:04, Владимир Янченко:
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> 2015-12-15 15:33:54 ERROR  : ERROR:  permission denied for relation pg_database
> 2015-12-15 15:33:55 ERROR  : ERROR:  permission denied for relation
> pg_tablespace
> 2015-12-15 15:33:56 ERROR  : ERROR:  permission denied for relation pg_roles
> 2015-12-15 15:33:58 ERROR  : ERROR:  permission denied for relation pg_roles
>
> pgAdmin version: 1.20.0
> Postgresql version: 9.4.2
> Postgresql OS: Ubuntu 12.04.3 Server
> Client OS: Ubuntu desktop 14.10 x64
>
> Does a workaround exist for this situation?

What exactly do you mean by "workaround" here? What do you expect 
pgadmin to (be able) do?


Regards,
Nikolai

>
> How to reproduce:
>
> psql -d template1
>
> REVOKE ALL ON DATABASE template1 FROM public;
> REVOKE ALL ON SCHEMA public FROM public;
> REVOKE ALL ON pg_user FROM public;
> REVOKE ALL ON pg_roles FROM public;
> REVOKE ALL ON pg_group FROM public;
> REVOKE ALL ON pg_authid FROM public;
> REVOKE ALL ON pg_auth_members FROM public;
> REVOKE ALL ON pg_stat_activity FROM public;
> REVOKE ALL ON pg_database FROM public;
> REVOKE ALL ON pg_tablespace FROM public;
> GRANT ALL ON SCHEMA public TO postgres;
> CREATE DATABASE mydb;
>
> psql -d mydb
>
> REVOKE ALL ON DATABASE mydb FROM public;
> CREATE ROLE myuser NOSUPERUSER NOCREATEDB NOCREATEROLE NOINHERIT LOGIN
> ENCRYPTED PASSWORD '123';
> GRANT USAGE ON SCHEMA public TO myuser;
> GRANT CONNECT ON DATABASE mydb TO myuser;
> ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES FOR ROLE mydb IN SCHEMA public GRANT SELECT
> ON TABLES to myuser;
> GRANT SELECT ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA public TO myuserr;
>
> Then connect with pgadmin, maintenance database: mydb, user: myuser.
>
> --
> Vladimir Yanchenko
> Suport engineer
> Naumen
>
>