Thread: [GENERAL] Why can't the database owner create schemas and how can I enable that?

On 9/22/2017 10:29 PM, Tim Uckun wrote:
> I am setting up a database for an app. So I create a user without 
> superuser but with login priveleges
>
> I then create a database and set it's owner to that user like this...
>
> dropdb --if-exists api_development
> dropuser --if-exists api_user
>
> createuser api_user -P -d
> createdb api_development -O api_user
>
> The app can now connect to the database but it can't create any 
> tables, schemas or anything else unless I give it superuser privileges.
>
> Is there any way I can make this user a superuser for this database 
> without making it a superuser on other databases?


that should have worked just fine.


[root@new ~]# useradd fred
[root@new ~]# su - postgres
$ createuser fred
$ createdb fred -O fred
$ logout
[root@new ~]# su - fred
[fred@new ~]$ psql
psql (9.3.19)
Type "help" for help.

fred=> create schema xyzzy;
CREATE SCHEMA
fred=> create table xyzzy.abc (id serial, dat text);
CREATE TABLE
fred=> \q

.....




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John R Pierce <pierce@hogranch.com> writes:
> On 9/22/2017 10:29 PM, Tim Uckun wrote:
>> The app can now connect to the database but it can't create any 
>> tables, schemas or anything else unless I give it superuser privileges.

> that should have worked just fine.

Yeah.  Note that creating new schemas is not directly connected to
ownership anyway --- it's a question of whether you have the CREATE
privilege on the database.  The owner should have that privilege
by default, but it could be revoked, or granted to others.
        regards, tom lane


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