Re: how to allow a sysid to be a superuser? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Scott Marlowe
Subject Re: how to allow a sysid to be a superuser?
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In response to how to allow a sysid to be a superuser?  ("Gauthier, Dave" <dave.gauthier@intel.com>)
Responses Re: how to allow a sysid to be a superuser?  ("Gauthier, Dave" <dave.gauthier@intel.com>)
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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.

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