Re: AW: [HACKERS] Re: [GENERAL] users in Postgresql

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Zeugswetter Andreas SEV <ZeugswetterA(at)wien(dot)spardat(dot)at>, "'hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: AW: [HACKERS] Re: [GENERAL] users in Postgresql
Date: 1999-11-11 21:36:39
Message-ID: 16351.942356199@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> 5) How exactly are you supposed to set the uid? The behaviour of
> INSERT INTO pg_shadow VALUES (...);
> and
> UPDATE pg_shadow SET usesysid = ...;
> is non-deterministic at best, unfortunately.

INSERT seems to have worked fine in the old version of createuser...
but I agree CREATE/ALTER USER ought to have the same functionality.

regards, tom lane

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