On Wed, 2003-10-15 at 02:10, Sam Carleton wrote: > Ok, I am a newbie, but I simply cannot find anything in the > documentation so I hope you all are kind to me...
Read through the Administrator's Manual - client authentication section. > I have installed Postgres 7.3.4 (will reinstall once I get OpenSLL > compiled into it). I created the postgres user, and the first > database. As the postgress user, I am able to run psql and access > the database that I created. I have been able to run the create > user command. > > But how do I see what users exist for the database? SELECT * FROM pg_user; Users exist for the whole database cluster, not just one database. However you can use client authentication (see below) to limit access to particular databases. > Because I was > the user postgres when I created the database, does that mean there > was a postgres user added during creation? Yes (unless you specified differently on initdb's command line.) > If not, what user am I > when I run psql as postgres? If I am postgres, what is the password > to the database and how do I rest it? User authentication is controlled by the file $PGDATA/pg_hba.conf By default, access is allowed without any check or password to anyone connecting through the Unix socket; users are trusted to tell the truth about who they are. You can set a password with ALTER USER but it won't be used until you change the authentication policy. > Now I am not a DBA, but I have been around enough databases to know > that most of them have their own system tables. Does postgres have > system tables? If so, where do I find a list of them and their > usage? They are in the documentation. In psql, the command \dS will list them. -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight, UK http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C ======================================== "If ye love me, keep my commandments." John 14:15 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
