2016-04-08 [7a542700d] Create default roles
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<para>
- Create some <link linkend="default-roles">built-in roles</link>
+ Create some <link linkend="predefined-roles">built-in roles</link>
that can be used to grant access to what were previously
superuser-only functions (Stephen Frost)
</para>
</para>
</sect1>
- <sect1 id="default-roles">
- <title>Default Roles</title>
+ <sect1 id="predefined-roles">
+ <title>Predefined Roles</title>
- <indexterm zone="default-roles">
+ <indexterm zone="predefined-roles">
<primary>role</>
</indexterm>
<para>
- <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> provides a set of default roles
- which provide access to certain, commonly needed, privileged capabilities
- and information. Administrators can GRANT these roles to users and/or
- other roles in their environment, providing those users with access to
- the specified capabilities and information.
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> provides a set of predefined
+ roles which allow access to privileged capabilities and information.
+ Administrators can GRANT these roles to login and non-login roles,
+ providing those roles with access to the specified capabilities and
+ information.
</para>
<para>
- The default roles are described in <xref linkend="default-roles-table">.
- Note that the specific permissions for each of the default roles may
+ The predefined roles are described in <xref linkend="predefined-roles-table">.
+ Note that the specific permissions for each of the predefined roles may
change in the future as additional capabilities are added. Administrators
should monitor the release notes for changes.
</para>
- <table tocentry="1" id="default-roles-table">
- <title>Default Roles</title>
+ <table tocentry="1" id="predefined-roles-table">
+ <title>Predefined Roles</title>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>