Re: all postgres users do "not exist"

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Will Cameron <novawcameron(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: all postgres users do "not exist"
Date: 2006-11-16 06:32:35
Message-ID: 12936.1163658755@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Will Cameron <novawcameron(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> We are using (PostgreSQL) 8.0.1 for Solaris. Apparently our
> postgres users were wiped out somehow, for I cannot even log in as
> superuser "postgres". Our pg_hba.conf settings are as loose as possible
> ("trust"). This problem started mid session after we ran a .sql script
> to upgrade a DSpace digital library database within the postgres system.

Better take a closer look at what that script did.

Meanwhile, you can probably get out of this by starting a standalone
postgres session and using it to recreate your SQL users.

regards, tom lane

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