Re: permissions on system catalogs for non-superuser?

[Robert Gravsjö <robert(at)blogg(dot)se>]

Kevin Kempter wrote:
> Hi List;
>
> we have some monitoring/alert scripts which run sql against the database 
> (8.1.4) as a non-superuser. The problem is I get <insufficient privilege> 
> when trying to access current_query from pg_stat_activity. 
>
> I ran these grant statements but still no joy:
> grant select on pg_stat_activity to monitor_user;
> grant select on pg_database to monitor_user;

IIRC you need select priv on pg_authid too.

Regards,
roppert

> Here's what I get while logged into psql as monitor_user:
>
> select procpid, current_query from pg_stat_activity;
>  procpid |      current_query
> ---------+--------------------------
>    24589 | <IDLE>
>    24601 | <insufficient privilege>
>    24600 | <insufficient privilege>
>    24598 | <insufficient privilege>
>    24596 | <insufficient privilege>
>    24594 | <insufficient privilege>
>    24367 | <insufficient privilege>
>    24511 | <insufficient privilege> 
>
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> /Kevin
>
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