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title	date	description	tags
Grant PostgreSQL read only access	2015-11-24	How to grant read only access to a PostgreSQL user	PostgreSQL

The solution

Here is the bare minimum a user need in order to have complete read only access on a postgresql database : {{< highlight sh >}} GRANT CONNECT ON DATABASE "db" TO "user"; \c db GRANT USAGE ON SCHEMA public TO "user"; GRANT SELECT ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA public TO "user"; ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES IN SCHEMA public GRANT SELECT ON TABLES TO "user"; {{< /highlight >}}