On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Gauthier, Dave <dave.gauthier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > PG 8.3.4 on Linux. > > A DB was created with a privileged account which has limited access. I want > a specific user (sysuid) to have “all” provs on this DB. In fact, I want > this user to have “all” on all the dbs served by the PG instance. Is there > a way to do this such that when psql is invoked in a session of that user, > he/she automatically has “all” (wothoug havng to enter “-user theuid”)? Make them a superuser. first log into psql as a superuser and issue this command: alter user username superuser; tada! they're now large and in charge of the pgsql instance and all its databases. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general