Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-2.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF787632D03 for ; Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:45:30 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 24400-09-2 for ; Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:45:23 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: delayed 00:30:06.00801 by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from ndmsnpf03.ndc.nasa.gov (ndmsnpf03.ndc.nasa.gov [198.117.0.123]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4BE5632A04 for ; Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:45:23 -0300 (ADT) Received: from ndmsppt03.ndc.nasa.gov (ndmsppt03.ndc.nasa.gov [198.117.0.102]) by ndmsnpf03.ndc.nasa.gov (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF2B5180CE8 for ; Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:15:15 -0500 (CDT) Received: from ndmshub02.ndc.nasa.gov (ndmshub02-pub.ndc.nasa.gov [198.117.0.161]) by ndmsppt03.ndc.nasa.gov (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o5UJFF1T030389 for ; Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:15:15 -0500 Received: from LRC000959195.larc.nasa.gov (198.119.134.170) by smtp02.ndc.nasa.gov (198.117.0.161) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 8.2.247.2; Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:15:16 -0500 Message-ID: <4C2B97BE.7040405@nasa.gov> Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:15:10 -0400 From: "Maria L. Wilson" Reply-To: Maria.L.Wilson-1@nasa.gov Organization: SSAI User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Macintosh/20100228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "pgsql-admin@postgresql.org" Subject: postgres database user account Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=1.12.8161:2.4.5, 1.2.40, 4.0.166 definitions=2010-06-29_03:2010-02-06, 2010-06-29, 2010-06-30 signatures=0 X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.51 tagged_above=-10 required=5 tests=BAYES_50=0.8, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201006/226 X-Sequence-Number: 35004 Hoping someone out there can answer this general question(s).... I am having to justify having access to the "postgres" database user account to do DBA type work..... Is there any specific items that require the postgres database user account to run? Can any general user (with superuser permission) basically do what this postgres account does? thanks, Maria Wilson Nasa/Langley Research Center Hampton, Virginia 23681