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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2022-08-12 15:43:23 -0400
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2022-08-12 15:43:23 -0400
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doc: add missing role attributes to user management section
Reported-by: Shinya Kato Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/1ecdb1ff78e9b03dfce37e85eaca725a@oss.nttdata.com Author: Shinya Kato Backpatch-through: 10
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@@ -236,6 +236,39 @@ CREATE USER <replaceable>name</replaceable>;
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>inheritance of privileges<indexterm><primary>role</primary><secondary>privilege to inherit</secondary></indexterm></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ A role is given permission to inherit the privileges of roles it is a
+ member of, by default. However, to create a role without the permission,
+ use <literal>CREATE ROLE <replaceable>name</replaceable> NOINHERIT</literal>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>bypassing row-level security<indexterm><primary>role</primary><secondary>privilege to bypass</secondary></indexterm></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ A role must be explicitly given permission to bypass every row-level security (RLS) policy
+ (except for superusers, since those bypass all permission checks).
+ To create such a role, use <literal>CREATE ROLE <replaceable>name</replaceable> BYPASSRLS</literal> as a superuser.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>connection limit<indexterm><primary>role</primary><secondary>privilege to limit connection</secondary></indexterm></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Connection limit can specify how many concurrent connections a role can make.
+ -1 (the default) means no limit. Specify connection limit upon role creation with
+ <literal>CREATE ROLE <replaceable>name</replaceable> CONNECTION LIMIT '<replaceable>integer</replaceable>'</literal>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
A role's attributes can be modified after creation with