At risk of going off the original subject:
To re-enable root access in Ubuntu, login as your first created user, and
type "sudo passwd root" - type in a new root password, confirm it and bingo,
your root account is ready for direct login, should you need it.
Andy
-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org
[mailto:pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Joshua D. Drake
Sent: Friday, 31 March, 2006 5:32 pm
To: Tom Lane
Cc: Sidar López Cruz; pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Ubuntu: Start and Stop
>
> sudo /sbin/service postgresql stop/start
>
> You will need to add your own userid to the sudoers list if it's
> not already there.
Just for reference, Ubuntu automatically adds the first user created to
the sudoers file and actually disables the ability to "log in" as root.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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