On 9/24/07, Philippe Lang <philippe.lang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I had the very bad idea of removing the "superuser" flag from the > "pgsql" role. Now each time I try to set it back, with: That's kind of the equivalent of locking your keys in the car... > Since there is no superuser in the database engine anymore, what option > do I have? You have two choices. 1: re-initdb your database, losing everything 2: start your db in single user mode. to start your db in single user mode, you need to su - to the postgres superuser, then issue the command postgres --single. From there you can then set a user back to being a superuser. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly