postgresql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_owned.sgml
Tom Lane a0ffa885e4 Allow granting SET and ALTER SYSTEM privileges on GUC parameters.
This patch allows "PGC_SUSET" parameters to be set by non-superusers
if they have been explicitly granted the privilege to do so.
The privilege to perform ALTER SYSTEM SET/RESET on a specific parameter
can also be granted.
Such privileges are cluster-wide, not per database.  They are tracked
in a new shared catalog, pg_parameter_acl.

Granting and revoking these new privileges works as one would expect.
One caveat is that PGC_USERSET GUCs are unaffected by the SET privilege
--- one could wish that those were handled by a revocable grant to
PUBLIC, but they are not, because we couldn't make it robust enough
for GUCs defined by extensions.

Mark Dilger, reviewed at various times by Andrew Dunstan, Robert Haas,
Joshua Brindle, and myself

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/3D691E20-C1D5-4B80-8BA5-6BEB63AF3029@enterprisedb.com
2022-04-06 13:24:33 -04:00

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<refentry id="sql-drop-owned">
<indexterm zone="sql-drop-owned">
<primary>DROP OWNED</primary>
</indexterm>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>DROP OWNED</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>DROP OWNED</refname>
<refpurpose>remove database objects owned by a database role</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<synopsis>
DROP OWNED BY { <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> | CURRENT_ROLE | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER } [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
</synopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
<command>DROP OWNED</command> drops all the objects within the current
database that are owned by one of the specified roles. Any
privileges granted to the given roles on objects in the current
database or on shared objects (databases, tablespaces, configuration
parameters) will also be revoked.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Parameters</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The name of a role whose objects will be dropped, and whose
privileges will be revoked.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>CASCADE</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Automatically drop objects that depend on the affected objects,
and in turn all objects that depend on those objects
(see <xref linkend="ddl-depend"/>).
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>RESTRICT</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Refuse to drop the objects owned by a role if any other database
objects depend on one of the affected objects. This is the default.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Notes</title>
<para>
<command>DROP OWNED</command> is often used to prepare for the
removal of one or more roles. Because <command>DROP OWNED</command>
only affects the objects in the current database, it is usually
necessary to execute this command in each database that contains
objects owned by a role that is to be removed.
</para>
<para>
Using the <literal>CASCADE</literal> option might make the command
recurse to objects owned by other users.
</para>
<para>
The <link linkend="sql-reassign-owned"><command>REASSIGN OWNED</command></link> command is an alternative that
reassigns the ownership of all the database objects owned by one or
more roles. However, <command>REASSIGN OWNED</command> does not deal with
privileges for other objects.
</para>
<para>
Databases and tablespaces owned by the role(s) will not be removed.
</para>
<para>
See <xref linkend="role-removal"/> for more discussion.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Compatibility</title>
<para>
The <command>DROP OWNED</command> command is a
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<simplelist type="inline">
<member><xref linkend="sql-reassign-owned"/></member>
<member><xref linkend="sql-droprole"/></member>
</simplelist>
</refsect1>
</refentry>