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+-- This only has to be done once to initialize the new user.
+-- Run this in the ferry DB.
+
+GRANT ALL ON SCHEMA public TO hasura;
+GRANT ALL ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA public TO ferry;
+GRANT ALL ON ALL SEQUENCES IN SCHEMA public TO ferry;
+ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES IN SCHEMA public GRANT ALL ON TABLES TO ferry;
+ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES IN SCHEMA public GRANT ALL ON SEQUENCES TO ferry;
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