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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Graham Vickrage <graham@gpmd.co.uk>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Copy user privileges
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:12:50 -0400
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In-Reply-To: <013301c586dc$369ad110$0c67a8c0@gvickrage>
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"Graham Vickrage" <graham@gpmd.co.uk> writes:
> I want to keep all the privileges but assign them to a new user. 

> What is the best way of doing this?

How about just renaming the old user to a new name?

I don't think we have an ALTER command for that, but an UPDATE on
pg_shadow would get the job done just as well.

			regards, tom lane



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