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</para>
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</sect1>
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- <sect1 id="predefined -roles">
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- <title>Predefined Roles</title>
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+ <sect1 id="default -roles">
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+ <title>Default Roles</title>
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- <indexterm zone="predefined -roles">
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+ <indexterm zone="default -roles">
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<primary>role</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<para>
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- <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> provides a set ofpredefined
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- roles whichallow access toprivileged capabilities and information.
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- Administrators can GRANT these roles tologin and non-login roles,
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- providing thoseroles with access to the specified capabilities and
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- information.
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+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> provides a set ofdefault roles
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+ whichprovide access tocertain, commonly needed, privileged capabilities
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+ and information. Administrators can GRANT these roles tousers and/or
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+ other roles in their environment, providing thoseusers with access to
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+ the specified capabilities and information.
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</para>
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<para>
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- Thepredefined roles are described in <xref linkend="predefined -roles-table"/>.
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- Note that the specific permissions for each of thepredefined roles may
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+ Thedefault roles are described in <xref linkend="default -roles-table"/>.
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+ Note that the specific permissions for each of thedefault roles may
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change in the future as additional capabilities are added. Administrators
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should monitor the release notes for changes.
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</para>
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- <table tocentry="1" id="predefined -roles-table">
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- <title>Predefined Roles</title>
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+ <table tocentry="1" id="default -roles-table">
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+ <title>Default Roles</title>
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<tgroup cols="2">
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<thead>
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<row>
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<literal>pg_read_all_stats</literal> and <literal>pg_stat_scan_tables</literal>
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roles are intended to allow administrators to easily configure a role for the
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purpose of monitoring the database server. They grant a set of common privileges
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- allowing the role to read configuration settings, statistics, and other
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- system information normally restricted to superusers.
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+ allowing the role to readvarious useful configuration settings, statistics and
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+ other system information normally restricted to superusers.
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</para>
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<para>