Default privileges for new users on public schema?

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I just created a database with an additional application schema.



And for our Java Spring Boot applications I created a new role with the following SQL scripts for setting up the privileges:



CREATE USER app_role WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD '#########';

GRANT ALL ON SCHEMA application TO app_role;


Now my expectation was that I could only create and delete tables within the schema application when logging in with this role.



However, I am also able to create and modify tables in the schema public.



Are there any default privileges for the public schema?



Why can I create tables in schemas I did not grant any privileges to?










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I just created a database with an additional application schema.



And for our Java Spring Boot applications I created a new role with the following SQL scripts for setting up the privileges:



CREATE USER app_role WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD '#########';

GRANT ALL ON SCHEMA application TO app_role;


Now my expectation was that I could only create and delete tables within the schema application when logging in with this role.



However, I am also able to create and modify tables in the schema public.



Are there any default privileges for the public schema?



Why can I create tables in schemas I did not grant any privileges to?










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    alter default privileges ...
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I just created a database with an additional application schema.



And for our Java Spring Boot applications I created a new role with the following SQL scripts for setting up the privileges:



CREATE USER app_role WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD '#########';

GRANT ALL ON SCHEMA application TO app_role;


Now my expectation was that I could only create and delete tables within the schema application when logging in with this role.



However, I am also able to create and modify tables in the schema public.



Are there any default privileges for the public schema?



Why can I create tables in schemas I did not grant any privileges to?










share|improve this question















I just created a database with an additional application schema.



And for our Java Spring Boot applications I created a new role with the following SQL scripts for setting up the privileges:



CREATE USER app_role WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD '#########';

GRANT ALL ON SCHEMA application TO app_role;


Now my expectation was that I could only create and delete tables within the schema application when logging in with this role.



However, I am also able to create and modify tables in the schema public.



Are there any default privileges for the public schema?



Why can I create tables in schemas I did not grant any privileges to?







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    alter default privileges ...
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The public schema has a special role in PostgreSQL, as the documentation describes.



If you don't want that (and it can be a security problem), you can either REVOKE the CREATE privilege or even drop the schema alogether.






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    The public schema has a special role in PostgreSQL, as the documentation describes.



    If you don't want that (and it can be a security problem), you can either REVOKE the CREATE privilege or even drop the schema alogether.






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      The public schema has a special role in PostgreSQL, as the documentation describes.



      If you don't want that (and it can be a security problem), you can either REVOKE the CREATE privilege or even drop the schema alogether.






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        The public schema has a special role in PostgreSQL, as the documentation describes.



        If you don't want that (and it can be a security problem), you can either REVOKE the CREATE privilege or even drop the schema alogether.






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        The public schema has a special role in PostgreSQL, as the documentation describes.



        If you don't want that (and it can be a security problem), you can either REVOKE the CREATE privilege or even drop the schema alogether.







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