On Tue, 2003-10-14 at 21:17, Sam Carleton wrote:
> But how do I see what users exist for the database? Because I was
> the user postgres when I created the database, does that mean there
> was a postgres user added during creation? If not, what user am I
> when I run psql as postgres? If I am postgres, what is the password
> to the database and how do I rest it?
There is a table called pg_shadow. It has the list of users and
passwords and what they can do.
To see what you have now, use:
SELECT * from pg_shadow;
See: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.3/static/catalog-pg-shadow.html
and: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.3/interactive/user-manag.html
--
.Michelle
---------------------------
Michelle Murrain
mmurrain@dbdes.com
Database Designs Associates, Inc.
Boston 617.889.0929
Amherst 413.253.2874
Cell 413.222.6350
www.dbdes.com
AIM:pearlbear0 ICQ:129250575
"Our capacity to make peace with another person and with the world
depends very much on our capacity to make peace with ourselves." -- Thich Nhat Hanh