"Bartek GRUbY" <grubby@xxxxxx> writes: > i have similar problem - can't make dumps of any db with the same error message (and all applications using this pg server works fine) . But in my case, i think, only user 'postgres' is duplicated: > template1=> select * from pg_catalog.pg_shadow where usename = 'postgres'; > usename | usesysid | usecreatedb | usesuper | usecatupd | passwd | valuntil | useconfig > ----------+----------+-------------+----------+-----------+-------------------------------------+----------+----------- > postgres | 1 | t | t | t | | | > postgres | 1 | t | t | t | md5c084502ed11efa9d3d96d29717a5e555 | | > (2 rows) What PG version are you using exactly? Could we see the system columns for those rows, ie, select ctid,xmin,xmax,cmin,xmax,* from pg_shadow where usename = 'postgres'; regards, tom lane