Martin Gregorie <martin@gregorie.org> writes:
> I've just logged in under postgres and run '\l' - and the databases
> postgres, template0 and template1 are still there:
Oh, time for a new theory then. What's the *exact* error message you
were getting from pg_dump? Do you get the same from a manual attempt to
connect to template1?
> So, is this a privilege issue? I don't understand the content of that
> somewhat cryptic 'privilege' column. Is it set how you'd expect?
It looks reasonable offhand. I'm a bit surprised that the public entry
isn't first for template1, but I think that shouldn't make any
difference.
regards, tom lane