Thread: Setting usesuper bit for user postgres.
Greetings. I have trawled the Web for answers but have found none to my problem. The 'usesuper' bit for user "postgres" was set to 'f' by default in the pg_shadow table in my PostgreSQL 7.4.2 installation when I installed it on my OS X host. My database is working fine (has been for a couple of years) but I want to add some more users. Any pointers on how to fix the usesuper bit issue for user postgres when this is the only DB "superuser"? Trying to modify this user's attributes from the commandline or via phpPgAdmin does not seem to work for me. Many thanks. John
John Horvath <johnh@csse.unimelb.edu.au> writes: > The 'usesuper' bit for user "postgres" was set to 'f' by default in the > pg_shadow table in my > PostgreSQL 7.4.2 installation when I installed it on my OS X host. I seriously, seriously doubt that there was no superuser by default. > Any pointers on how to fix the usesuper bit issue for user postgres when > this is the only DB "superuser"? Standalone mode will make you a superuser. See the postgres reference page. regards, tom lane