On 09/15/10 11:10 AM, Carlos Mennens wrote:
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:43 PM, John R Pierce<pierce@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
the 'postgres' database on your system is empty. this is quite typical, as
that database is simply a convenience for the postgres user to have
something to log into while doing his administrative duties.
OK this makes sense and I couldn't find in the docs or any reading
that by default the 'postgres' database is empty and there for just a
space for the 'postgres' user to login to. That explains a lot but
when I run:
postgres=# SELECT * FROM pg_user;
usename | usesysid | usecreatedb | usesuper | usecatupd | passwd |
valuntil | useconfig
----------+----------+-------------+----------+-----------+----------+----------+-----------
postgres | 10 | t | t | t | ******** |
|
webmail | 16384 | f | f | f | ******** |
|
carlos | 16385 | t | t | t | ******** |
|
(3 rows)
Doesn't that show I'm connected to the 'postgres' database and there
is a table called 'pg_user' which holds all my PostgreSQL user info?
That doesn't make sense to me if the database is empty unless I am
missing something here. The only way I knew 'pg_user' was available
was because I ran the command '\dS'.
there is an extensive pg_catalog schema containing the system tables
which are shared by all databases in the cluster. pg_catalog.pg_user
is the same view in all databases.
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