"Bob Powell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My systems admin says that he needs to have use of the Postgres user > without a password. His Debian package manager requires this. > He tells me that he can lock down that user on the system so that there > are no security concerns.
Why can't he put his password in ~/.pgpass? Or if you don't like that, see if you can set up to let him in with IDENT. But using TRUST on a multi-user machine is just asking for trouble. > Also, my method for creating another superuser is to update the > pg_shadow files "usesuper" field to 't'. The CREATEUSER option to CREATE/ALTER USER is the same thing. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html