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Clarify per suggestion from Bruno Wolff.
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doc/src/sgml/user-manag.sgml

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@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ GRANT UPDATE ON accounts TO joe;
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GRANT SELECT ON accounts TO GROUP staff;
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</programlisting>
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The special <quote>user</quote> name <literal>PUBLIC</literal> can
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be used to grant a privilege to every user on the system. Using
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be used to grant a privilege to every user on the system. Writing
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<literal>ALL</literal> in place of a specific privilege specifies that all
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privileges will be granted.
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</para>
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<programlisting>
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REVOKE ALL ON accounts FROM PUBLIC;
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</programlisting>
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The special privileges of the table owner are always implicit
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and cannot be granted or revoked.
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The special privileges of the table owner (i.e., the right to do
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<command>DROP</>, <command>GRANT</>, <command>REVOKE</>, etc)
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are always implicit in being the owner,
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and cannot be granted or revoked. But the table owner can choose
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to revoke his own ordinary privileges, for example to make a
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table read-only for himself as well as others.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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