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Security

Roles and grants control access with least privilege.

Intermediate 10 min read Lesson 5 of 150 Challenge included
What you will be able to do
  • Use roles, not users, for grants.
  • Grant on schemas.
  • Audit access.

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Roles and grants control access with least privilege.

  • Use roles, not users, for grants.
  • Grant on schemas.
  • Audit access.
grants.sqlSQL
GRANT SELECT ON TABLE lessons TO ROLE analyst;
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