Re: Post Install / Secure PostgreSQL

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:43 PM, John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com> wrote:

> the 'postgres' database on your system is empty.   this is quite typical, as
> that database is simply a convenience for the postgres user to have
> something to log into while doing his administrative duties.

OK this makes sense and I couldn't find in the docs or any reading
that by default the 'postgres' database is empty and there for just a
space for the 'postgres' user to login to. That explains a lot but
when I run:

postgres=# SELECT * FROM pg_user;
usename | usesysid | usecreatedb | usesuper | usecatupd | passwd |
valuntil | useconfig
----------+----------+-------------+----------+-----------+----------+----------+-----------
postgres | 10 | t | t | t | ******** |
|
webmail | 16384 | f | f | f | ******** |
|
carlos | 16385 | t | t | t | ******** |
|
(3 rows)

Doesn't that show I'm connected to the 'postgres' database and there
is a table called 'pg_user' which holds all my PostgreSQL user info?
That doesn't make sense to me if the database is empty unless I am
missing something here. The only way I knew 'pg_user' was available
was because I ran the command '\dS'.