Re: User attributes

At 13:07 2000-07-07 -0500, James Hall wrote: 
>I am using PostgreSQL ver 6.5 on Redhat 6.1 and have 2 users that cannot
>perform the same functions as other users in the database. I am looking
>for a tool that will let me compare the records/attributes of 2 existing
>users (so I can see what the differences are and change the 2 new users
>to match the existing ones).
>
>I have read about ALTER USER, but that assumes you already know what you
>want to alter.Any suggestions on how to compare 2 users will be greatly
>appreciated. 

Why not just look at the users' attributes:

psql template1
select * from pg_user where usename='user1' or usename='user2';


You may also have to look at pg_hba.conf.

 Tony
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