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The GRANT <roles> statement lets you add a role or user as a member to a role.
Note:
GRANT <roles> is no longer an enterprise feature and is now freely available in the core version of CockroachDB.
Synopsis
Required privileges
The user granting role membership must be a role admin (i.e., members with the ADMIN OPTION) or a superuser (i.e., a member of the admin role).
Considerations
- Users and roles can be members of roles.
- The
rootuser is automatically created as anadminrole and assigned theALLprivilege for new databases. - All privileges of a role are inherited by all its members.
- Membership loops are not allowed (direct:
A is a member of B is a member of Aor indirect:A is a member of B is a member of C ... is a member of A).
Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
role_name |
The name of the role to which you want to add members. To add members to multiple roles, use a comma-separated list of role names. |
user_name |
The name of the user or role to whom you want to grant membership. To add multiple members, use a comma-separated list of user and/or role names. |
WITH ADMIN OPTION |
Designate the user as an role admin. Role admins can grant or revoke membership for the specified role. |
Examples
Grant role membership
> GRANT design TO ernie;
> SHOW GRANTS ON ROLE design;
+--------+---------+---------+
| role | member | isAdmin |
+--------+---------+---------+
| design | barkley | false |
| design | ernie | false |
| design | lola | false |
| design | lucky | false |
+--------+---------+---------+
Grant the admin option
> GRANT design TO ERNIE WITH ADMIN OPTION;
> SHOW GRANTS ON ROLE design;
+--------+---------+---------+
| role | member | isAdmin |
+--------+---------+---------+
| design | barkley | false |
| design | ernie | true |
| design | lola | false |
| design | lucky | false |
+--------+---------+---------+
