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author | Bruce Momjian | 2020-01-14 18:13:04 +0000 |
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committer | Bruce Momjian | 2020-01-14 18:13:04 +0000 |
commit | 0e936a2148472e6c364aee8c3e298dc16dc4240a (patch) | |
tree | 04571ace369ac883fc20534dccaec1480076a9b4 /doc/src/sgml/user-manag.sgml | |
parent | 344c26915136fa54c4a1bf54074ba15090b32721 (diff) |
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: [email protected]
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/[email protected]
Backpatch-through: 9.6
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src/sgml/user-manag.sgml')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/user-manag.sgml | 28 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 14 deletions
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> |