Re: pgAdmin and sudo mode

Hello Wim,I've had a look at the SET options and unfortunately still get the authorisation error when trying to
impersonatethe superuser account / role, appears that it's locked down using the SET command.
 

I guess I'll have to stick to psql and the putty console for elevated permissions.  A shame since seems a little
clunky.

Thanks again for trying to help.

Adam

-----Original Message-----
From: Wim Bertels [mailto:wim.bertels@khleuven.be] 
Sent: 01 September 2015 12:15 PM
To: Adam Pearson
Cc: pgadmin-support@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [pgadmin-support] pgAdmin and sudo mode

Adam Pearson schreef op di 01-09-2015 om 11:01 [+0000]:
> Thanks for the response Wim, unfortunately creation of SuperUser 
> accounts isn't something we're allowed to do (company policy) with the 
> idea that there should only be this 1 superuser account that we sudo 
> into for elevated permissions
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wim Bertels [mailto:wim.bertels@khleuven.be]
> Sent: 01 September 2015 10:56 AM
> To: Adam Pearson
> Cc: pgadmin-support@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [pgadmin-support] pgAdmin and sudo mode
> 
> Hallo Adam,
> 
> if you are a dba,
> probably what u are looking for is a superuser account.
> 
> start pgadmin,
> in the sql window,
> type create user,
> select create user and hit the help/questionmark button
> 
> sudo does not exist in sql

as said sudo in sql does not exist:
the closed you'll find is 

\h set session authorization 
Command:     SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION
Description: set the session user identifier and the current user identifier of the current session
Syntax:
SET [ SESSION | LOCAL ] SESSION AUTHORIZATION user_name SET [ SESSION | LOCAL ] SESSION AUTHORIZATION DEFAULT RESET
SESSIONAUTHORIZATION
 

\h set role
Command:     SET ROLE
Description: set the current user identifier of the current session
Syntax:
SET [ SESSION | LOCAL ] ROLE role_name
SET [ SESSION | LOCAL ] ROLE NONE
RESET ROLE

they are different..,
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-set-session-authorization.html

mvg,
Wim

> 
> mvg,
> Wim
> 
> Adam Pearson schreef op di 01-09-2015 om 08:49 [+0000]:
> > Hello all,
> > 
> >                 Does anyone know if you can use ‘sudo’ in pgAdmin?
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Currently my login doesn’t have full access to the system, when I 
> > sudo into the admin account I can alter / drop / create objects / 
> > permissions etc.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I don’t know the sudo account password and the DevOps team don’t 
> > hand this out (I’m a DBA) so when using pgAdmin options are fairly limited.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I can run the commands in a psql console, but it kind of seems a 
> > shame to lose the auto complete and ease of use of the gui when 
> > writing scripts.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Googling doesn’t appear to display any results and when looking at 
> > the help file none of the start options appear to list this as an option.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I’m running pgAdmin 1.20 on Windows 7.
> > 
> > Servers are Linux.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Any suggestions to this would be appreciated.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Adam
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 
> 
> --
> mvg,
> Wim Bertels
> 
> --
> Wim Bertels
> Lector
> UC Leuven-Limburg
> --
> Things past redress and now with me past care.
>         -- William Shakespeare, "Richard II"
> 

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mvg,
Wim Bertels

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