From: | "Oliver Elphick" <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk> |
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To: | John Goerzen <jgoerzen(at)complete(dot)org> |
Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, 21681(at)bugs(dot)debian(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Bug#21681: postgresql: Doesn't allow granting to www-data |
Date: | 1998-04-28 10:04:43 |
Message-ID: | 199804281104.MAA21814@linda.lfix.co.uk |
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John Goerzen wrote:
>> Were you able to create a user `www-data'?
>> I get:
>
>I believe that the createuser script did it for me.
Yes, it does. Very inconsistent!
>> I agree that there is a bug, but it is that the error message is wrong!
>
>If grant would permit the username to be quoted in ' characters, then
>the problem ought to go away, I think.
Currently, it appears that the authors don't want to change, so it is
necessary to specify a postgres user-id when connecting.
However there is, as you say in another mail, no convenient way of
doing that automatically. We need an environment variable or a
command-line option to specify the user and (optionally) password.
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