"Joshua D. Drake" <jd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Rob Tanner wrote: >> ... I normally live in a MySql world and the first thing I do after >> installing the DBMS is set the "root" or superuser password. The PDF >> documentation talks about the superuser and database owner(s). How do I >> define the superuser and then secure that user with a password? > The default superuser for PostgreSQL is going to be the linux/unix user > that you used the command initdb with. By default when you initdb in > PostgreSQL (when you compile from source) it will allow any unix user to > connect. Thus you can do this: IIRC, initdb has some options to set the initial password and also to make the initial authentication mode not be "trust". Good things to use if you are on a system with other users you don't trust. You'll want to at least skim the manual's discussion of client authentication pretty soon. Password-based auth is not necessarily the best choice. regards, tom lane
