Re: Columns in pg_shadow?

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

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: "Michael A. Mayo" <mmayo@mcauleybrooklyn.org>, pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2000-05-21T17:16:39Z
Lists: pgsql-general
Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
>>>> usecatupd:
>>>> Ability to change system tables?

>> Since there's no really convenient interface for twiddling this flag,
>> I doubt anyone actually bothers to change it.  It starts out the same
>> as one's usesuper flag, and probably stays that way...

> Also note that once you unset this flag you can't set it again because you
> no longer have write access to pg_shadow.

Yeek.  Gun ... foot ... shoot ...

I suppose you'd still have the rights to create new users, so you could
create a new superuser and then log in as him to fix the problem.

			regards, tom lane