Re: Fixing the loss of 'template1'

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