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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 | 920c6add70c803ae1dcaab9358330320a60de470 (patch) | |
tree | 2ec2b8f6086c1679d8c4f9e6d54df96b79c1132e | |
parent | 353cd826f44537871063c6525dc0e108c974a68c (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: rirans@comcast.net
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/157742545062.1149.11052653770497832538@wrigleys.postgresql.org
Backpatch-through: 9.6
-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 cf41baa2063..2e6466b987f 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</> </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> @@ -550,8 +550,8 @@ 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> |