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| author | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> | 2017-08-11 16:14:55 -0400 |
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| committer | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> | 2017-08-11 16:14:55 -0400 |
| commit | fa65c8c73cb21ab3154db2f0f291227ba901c996 (patch) | |
| tree | e967653b59e7e00534a7310b6ffdee10452ec8dd /doc/src/sgml/ref | |
| parent | 22701a7ec66ffb3b62fae7f04ef36bc6ea21df52 (diff) | |
doc: Update description of rolreplication column
Since PostgreSQL 9.6, rolreplication no longer determines whether a role
can run pg_start_backup() and pg_stop_backup(), so remove that.
Add that this attribute determines whether a role can create and drop
replication slots.
Reported-by: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src/sgml/ref')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/create_role.sgml | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_role.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_role.sgml index 4881e544391..36772b678a8 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_role.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_role.sgml @@ -167,8 +167,11 @@ CREATE ROLE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> [ [ WITH ] <replac <term><literal>NOREPLICATION</literal></term> <listitem> <para> - These clauses determine whether a role is allowed to initiate - streaming replication or put the system in and out of backup mode. + These clauses determine whether a role is a replication role. A role + must have this attribute (or be a superuser) in order to be able to + connect to the server in replication mode (physical or logical + replication) and in order to be able to create or drop replication + slots. A role having the <literal>REPLICATION</> attribute is a very highly privileged role, and should only be used on roles actually used for replication. If not specified, |