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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
There seems to be some correlation between {{arg|current system user}} and {{arg|Postgres user}}, at least insofar as running <code>psql</code> as pg's superuser ("postgres" by default) lets you in without a password:
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There seems to be some correlation between {{arg|current system user}} and {{arg|data engine user}}, at least insofar as running <code>psql</code> as pg's superuser ("postgres" by default) lets you in without a password:
 
  su - postgres -c psql
 
  su - postgres -c psql
 
To make a user into a superuser:
 
To make a user into a superuser:
 
  alter user {{arg|username}} with superuser;
 
  alter user {{arg|username}} with superuser;

Latest revision as of 00:22, 8 November 2022

Notes

There seems to be some correlation between <current system user> and <data engine user>, at least insofar as running psql as pg's superuser ("postgres" by default) lets you in without a password:

su - postgres -c psql

To make a user into a superuser:

alter user <username> with superuser;