On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Gauthier, Dave <dave.gauthier@intel.com> wrote:
> PG 8.3.4 on Linux.
>
> A DB was created with a privileged account which has limited access. I want
> a specific user (sysuid) to have “all” provs on this DB. In fact, I want
> this user to have “all” on all the dbs served by the PG instance. Is there
> a way to do this such that when psql is invoked in a session of that user,
> he/she automatically has “all” (wothoug havng to enter “-user theuid”)?
Make them a superuser. first log into psql as a superuser and issue
this command:
alter user username superuser;
tada! they're now large and in charge of the pgsql instance and all
its databases.