Gaetano Mendola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [ pg_dumpall emits this: ] > DELETE FROM pg_shadow WHERE usesysid <> (SELECT datdba FROM pg_database > WHERE datname = 'template0');
> Now if the file pg_user.sql is used accidentally by a user that is not > postgres the result is that all users are deleted ( also the user that > is doing the restore ) and no other user is created. How so? If that deletes all users then you have already removed the user who owns template0, ie, the user who did initdb. That is a really bad idea. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly