>> The contents of the pg_shadow table are written through to a file on disk
>> called pg_pwd, so all the backends can easily access it. However, this
>> write through is not automatic. The create user and alter user commands
>> take care of that, but if you update pg_shadow directly, your changes
On Thu, 4 Nov 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > CREATE USER sql command updates the file, but an UPDATE on pg_shadow
> > does not.
>
> IMHO, that's a bug:
> It's not forbidden to update or insert into pg_shadow by rule, but if
> I do that I will get inconsistent authentication data.
> Why not re
