Re: changing ownership of db - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: changing ownership of db
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Msg-id 4539.1057347409@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to changing ownership of db  (Mark Nelson <MCN@cc.usu.edu>)
List pgsql-novice
Mark Nelson <MCN@cc.usu.edu> writes:
> One of our databases was created with a user that we no longer
> want to use. I cannot drop the user because it owns one of the
> dbs and some other objects.
> Is there a way to change ownership, or REVOKE all of the owners
> privileges and give them to another user, so I can drop that
> user?

Not very easily.  You could just rename the username to something
you do want to keep using (a quick UPDATE on pg_shadow would work
for that).

            regards, tom lane

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