Re: [cobalt-users] Further developments on meta-verify. Postgresql broken!

[shimi <shimi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, Gerald Waugh wrote:

> "Glenn Parsons" <gparsons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
> > 
> > My obvious problem is that postgreSQL is not running. It broke some couple
> > of days back. I don't know why. I can't get it going without "su postgres"
> > and a password. It prompts me for the postgreSQL "su" password. I assume
> > that is different from my root passwd? My root passwd does not work.
> > 
> > I'm going digging in my logs to find out why the DB daemon broke.
> 
> I don't know. But you can login as root, and change the password for the
> user.
> passwd postgres!
> 
> Found this in the archives!
> Gerald

I'm not sure that it's quite well for postgres/mysql/named or any other
"special user" to have a true password...

The correct way to do this, in my opinion, is to just su to root, and from
root to su to postgre. As you know (?), when su'ing from root to a
different user, the user's password is not needed.

- shimi.