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doc: Clarify pgstattuple privileges information

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The description has gotten a bit confusing over time, so rewrite the
paragraph a bit.

Reported-by: Feike Steenbergen <feikesteenbergen@gmail.com>
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Peter Eisentraut 2017-11-02 12:12:23 -04:00
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</para> </para>
<para> <para>
As these functions return detailed page-level information, only the superuser Because these functions return detailed page-level information, access is
has EXECUTE privileges on them upon installation. After the functions have restricted by default. By default, only the
been installed, users may issue <command>GRANT</command> commands to change role <literal>pg_stat_scan_tables</literal> has <literal>EXECUTE</literal>
the privileges on the functions to allow non-superusers to execute them. Members privilege. Superusers of course bypass this restriction. After the
of the <literal>pg_stat_scan_tables</literal> role are granted access by default. See extension has been installed, users may issue <command>GRANT</command>
the description of the <xref linkend="sql-grant"> command for specifics. commands to change the privileges on the functions to allow others to
execute them. However, it might be preferable to add those users to
the <literal>pg_stat_scan_tables</literal> role instead.
</para> </para>
<sect2> <sect2>