You could originally connect to the database as some kind of power user. Check the password against the pg_shadow view (you would need to md5 your password somehow) and then do a SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION (or SET ROLE) to change your permissions. Not sure how secure this would be but it's the way I would try. Regards, Ben "Thorsten Kraus" <TK-Spam@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:46124F74.3000302@xxxxxxxxx > Hi, > > thanks for your answer. I cant use the username/password in my DSN because > I don't connect directly via JDBC to the database. I use hibernate for all > database actions. The username and password has to be stored in the > hibernate configuration file... > > Bye, > Thorsten > > > Lutz Broedel schrieb: >> >> Can you not use the username/password as part of the DSN? >> >> Regards, >> Lutz Broedel >> > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend >