Re: Help: Dumb newbie locked himself out!

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: "Balazs Wellisch" <balazs@bwellisch.com>
Cc: pgsql-novice@postgresql.org
Date: 2002-07-17T19:52:29Z
Lists: pgsql-novice
"Balazs Wellisch" <balazs@bwellisch.com> writes:
> UPDATE pg_shadow SET usesuper = true WHERE usename = 'postgres';
> ERROR:  pg_shadow: Permission denied.

Hmm.  I forgot that you'd need usecatupd privilege to do that.

> Any other suggestions? I appreciate your help.

I think you may be stuck :-( ... unless you want to risk editing the
pg_shadow file with a binary-file editor.

			regards, tom lane