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Table privileges -- DBA_TAB_PRIVS

Asked by: jhshukla

What privileges does DBA_TAB_PRIVS contain? I read that it can be used to find all grants to a particular table but I don't find one table that I created.
Does it only list explicitly granted privileges? How can I find whether a particular user has a certain privilege on a table?

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2008-10-15 at 09:41:55ID23817351
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by: sdstuberPosted on 2008-10-15 at 09:48:57ID: 22723152

it holds other privileges too

grants to users or to roles on all objects (not just tables, despite the name) are in that view.

 

by: sdstuberPosted on 2008-10-15 at 09:50:45ID: 22723171

for more information, here is the documentation on that view


http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14237/statviews_4151.htm#i1627646

 

by: schwertnerPosted on 2008-10-16 at 01:48:51ID: 22728957

You will begin so:

SQL> descr dba_tab_privs
 Name                                                                     Null?    Type
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- -----------------
 GRANTEE                                                                  NOT NULL VARCHAR2(30)
 OWNER                                                                    NOT NULL VARCHAR2(30)
 TABLE_NAME                                                               NOT NULL VARCHAR2(30)
 GRANTOR                                                                  NOT NULL VARCHAR2(30)
 PRIVILEGE                                                                NOT NULL VARCHAR2(40)
 GRANTABLE                                                                         VARCHAR2(3)
 HIERARCHY                                                                         VARCHAR2(3)



If you want to see all grants to user SCOTT:

SELECT privilege
FROM   dba_tab_privs
WHERE  grantor   <> 'SCOTT'
   AND   grantee     = 'SCOTT';

All
SELECT privilege
FROM   dba_tab_privs ;


 

 

by: jhshuklaPosted on 2008-10-16 at 16:53:30ID: 22736883

Thank you both for the responses. but it still does not answer my question.
from the link: "describes the object grants for which the current user is the object owner, grantor, or grantee."

Does this mean that the table contains only explicit grants? Does it not include privileges obtained via some rule? e.g. by default creator/owner gets all privs on that object so those are not listed; privileges gained by "grant select on any table" (plz excuse syntax errors) are not listed; etc.

What I want to see is not "grants" but "privileges."

 

by: sdstuberPosted on 2008-10-16 at 19:59:55ID: 22737509

yes,  dba_tab_privs only shows explict grants to users and to roles.

"implicit" grants such as your example of an owner's privileges aren't visible anywhere,  they just "are".
inherited grants are not listed either, you would have to derive those yourself.  For instance, select on some table granted to a role, where that role is then granted to a user,  the user's grant would not be shown.


system privileges like "create table" or "select any table"  are found in dba_sys_privs and like the object grants above, it lists explicit grants and not inherited ones.

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