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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/user-manag.sgml | 18 |
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/user-manag.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/user-manag.sgml index 61f30a99d37..cdfeaea31e7 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/user-manag.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/user-manag.sgml @@ -142,15 +142,17 @@ ALTER GROUP <replaceable>name</replaceable> DROP USER <replaceable>uname1</repla </para> <para> - Currently, there are five different privileges: select (read), - insert (append), update (write), delete, and - <literal>RULE</literal>, the permission to create a rewrite rule on - a table. The right to modify or destroy an object is always the - privilege of the owner only. To assign privileges, the - <command>GRANT</command> command is used. So, if + There are several different privileges: <literal>SELECT</literal> + (read), <literal>INSERT</literal> (append), <literal>UPDATE</literal> + (write), <literal>DELETE</literal>, <literal>RULE</literal>, + <literal>REFERENCES</literal> (foreign key), and + <literal>TRIGGER</literal>. (See the <command>GRANT</command> manual + page for more detailed information.) The right to modify or destroy + an object is always the privilege of the owner only. To assign + privileges, the <command>GRANT</command> command is used. So, if <literal>joe</literal> is an existing user, and - <literal>accounts</literal> is an existing table, write access can - be granted with + <literal>accounts</literal> is an existing table, write access can be + granted with <programlisting> GRANT UPDATE ON accounts TO joe; </programlisting> |