Re: [HACKERS] New to PostgreSQL, is this a DoS?

On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, Vince Vielhaber wrote:

> On Mon, 16 Nov 1998 dkelson-list-pgsql-hackers@inconnect.com wrote:
> 
> > I compiled and install 6.4 according to the INSTALL doc.
> > 
> > I created a database with "createdb test",
> > 
> > running as user "postgres", I connected "psql template1" and ran:
> > 
> > CREATE USER billybob WITH PASSWORD hehe CREATEDB CREATEUSER;
> 
> Still being half asleep and just guessing (withoug looking it up), does
> the CREATEDB CREATEUSER also imply SELECT privileges?  IOW, you may 
> wanna try GRANT.

>From what I've read, you can't GRANT on a database, it has be a on an
object within a database.

It seems it is the chicken and the egg problem.