{"id":3703,"date":"2016-01-12T13:52:39","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T13:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ed.gs\/2016\/01\/12\/add-read-only-mysql-user-2\/"},"modified":"2018-08-10T15:31:59","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T14:31:59","slug":"add-read-only-postgres-user","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ed.gs\/2016\/01\/12\/add-read-only-postgres-user\/","title":{"rendered":"Add Read-Only Postgres User"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the MySQL read only user created the other day, I now needed one for Postgres, so here&#8217;s how.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"prettyprint\">psql databasehere\r\nCREATE USER moodle_readonly WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD &#39;blablablapasswordhere&#39;;\r\nGRANT CONNECT ON DATABASE moodle TO moodle_readonly;\r\nGRANT USAGE ON SCHEMA public TO moodle_readonly;\r\nGRANT SELECT ON ALL SEQUENCES IN SCHEMA public TO moodle_readonly;\r\nGRANT SELECT ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA public to moodle_readonly;\r\nALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES IN SCHEMA public GRANT SELECT ON TABLES TO moodle_readonly;<\/pre>\n<p>This will give read access to the database moodle, but unlike most read only how-to&#8217;s on the internet, this will also give read-only access to new any tables created in that database.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the MySQL read only user created the other day, I now needed one for Postgres, so here&#8217;s how. psql databasehere CREATE USER moodle_readonly WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD &#39;blablablapasswordhere&#39;; 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