From 7e389f73d1556fb21487cd28fe56cba1a91126e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 13:41:01 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix permissions explanations in CREATE DATABASE and CREATE
SCHEMA docs.
These reference pages still claimed that you have to be superuser to create
a database or schema owned by a different role. That was true before 8.1,
but it was changed in commits aa1110624c08298393dfce996f7b21809d98d3fd and
f91370cd2faf1fd35a1ac74d84652a85ed841919 to allow assignment of ownership
to any role you are a member of. However, at the time we were thinking of
that primarily as a change to the ALTER OWNER rules, so the need to touch
these two CREATE ref pages got missed.
---
doc/src/sgml/ref/create_database.sgml | 14 ++++----------
doc/src/sgml/ref/create_schema.sgml | 13 ++++++++-----
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_database.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_database.sgml
index 91cf7018c08..5158854841f 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_database.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_database.sgml
@@ -46,14 +46,6 @@ CREATE DATABASE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable>
See <xref linkend="SQL-CREATEUSER">.
</para>
- <para>
- Normally, the creator becomes the owner of the new database.
- Superusers can create databases owned by other users, by using the
- <literal>OWNER</> clause. They can even create databases owned by
- users with no special privileges. Non-superusers with <literal>CREATEDB</>
- privilege can only create databases owned by themselves.
- </para>
-
<para>
By default, the new database will be created by cloning the standard
system database <literal>template1</>. A different template can be
@@ -84,9 +76,11 @@ CREATE DATABASE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">user_name</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- The name of the database user who will own the new database,
+ The role name of the user who will own the new database,
or <literal>DEFAULT</literal> to use the default (namely, the
- user executing the command).
+ user executing the command). To create a database owned by another
+ role, you must be a direct or indirect member of that role,
+ or be a superuser.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_schema.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_schema.sgml
index 2602bb1d56f..550acf1a535 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_schema.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_schema.sgml
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS AUTHORIZATION <replaceable class="parameter">user_na
<term><replaceable class="parameter">schema_name</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- The name of a schema to be created. If this is omitted, the user name
+ The name of a schema to be created. If this is omitted, the
+ <replaceable class="parameter">user_name</replaceable>
is used as the schema name. The name cannot
begin with <literal>pg_</literal>, as such names
are reserved for system schemas.
@@ -79,9 +80,10 @@ CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS AUTHORIZATION <replaceable class="parameter">user_na
<term><replaceable class="parameter">user_name</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- The name of the user who will own the schema. If omitted,
- defaults to the user executing the command. Only superusers
- can create schemas owned by users other than themselves.
+ The role name of the user who will own the new schema. If omitted,
+ defaults to the user executing the command. To create a schema
+ owned by another role, you must be a direct or indirect member of
+ that role, or be a superuser.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -197,7 +199,8 @@ CREATE VIEW hollywood.winners AS
all objects within it. <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
allows schemas to contain objects owned by users other than the
schema owner. This can happen only if the schema owner grants the
- <literal>CREATE</> privilege on his schema to someone else.
+ <literal>CREATE</> privilege on his schema to someone else, or a
+ superuser chooses to create objects in it.
</para>
<para>
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