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From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: alban <alban_dot_minassian_@wanadoo.fr>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: 7.3 : how add user when last user have lost 'createuser' option
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2003 16:03:15 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <200311082103.hA8L3Fe20121@candle.pha.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bo3e6a$4t7$1@news.hub.org>

alban wrote:
> i have execute
> ALTER USER postgres WITH NOCREATEUSER;
> it's work very well but now, i cant add, drop, alter user, alter group...
> 
> ALTER USER postgres WITH CREATEUSER;
> --> ERROR : ALTER USER : permission denied
> 
> there is a solution ?

Uh, you removed createuser permission from the postgres super-user.  I
think that's why you are getting the failure.  I think you have to
manually update pg_shadow to fix this, if it will allow that.

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