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author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2020-01-14 13:13:04 -0500 |
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committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2020-01-14 13:13:04 -0500 |
commit | 29af9c542f6cdc9a6456b175fdcdfe7a28b77d6c (patch) | |
tree | f18037eeed18f75dc6642faaf3005c58bb21700e | |
parent | fd5476b79c2ff63dd32e154198f8201553180e58 (diff) | |
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docs: change "default role" wording to "predefined role"
The new wording was determined to be more accurate. Also, update
release note links that reference these sections.
Reported-by: rirans@comcast.net
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/157742545062.1149.11052653770497832538@wrigleys.postgresql.org
Backpatch-through: 9.6
-rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/user-manag.sgml | 28 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml index d18b271a58d..c38d50d5988 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ postgres 27093 0.0 0.0 30096 2752 ? Ss 11:34 0:00 postgres: ser existence of a session and its general properties such as its sessions user and database are visible to all users. Superusers and members of the built-in role <literal>pg_read_all_stats</literal> (see also <xref - linkend="default-roles"/>) can see all the information about all sessions. + linkend="predefined-roles"/>) can see all the information about all sessions. </para> <table id="monitoring-stats-dynamic-views-table"> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/user-manag.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/user-manag.sgml index 66f162703dd..4432ee266b6 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/user-manag.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/user-manag.sgml @@ -483,30 +483,30 @@ DROP ROLE doomed_role; </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</primary> </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> @@ -565,8 +565,8 @@ DROP ROLE doomed_role; <literal>pg_read_all_stats</literal> and <literal>pg_stat_scan_tables</literal> roles are intended to allow administrators to easily configure a role for the purpose of monitoring the database server. They grant a set of common privileges - allowing the role to read various useful configuration settings, statistics and - other system information normally restricted to superusers. + allowing the role to read configuration settings, statistics, and other + system information normally restricted to superusers. </para> <para> |