Jeff Barriault wrote:
> Thanks Paul. I went ahead and added a password but now I think something
> else is wrong. When I look under the Red Hat User Manager (slick gui) I see
> user 'postgres' with a Primary Group of 'postgres', Full Name of 'PostgreSQL
> Server', Login Shell of '/bin/bash' and Home Directory of '/var/lib/pgsql'.
>
>>>From a terminal window I can change the password without any problems. When
>
> I execute the command 'su postgres' I am not asked for a password and end up
> with a prompt that looks like 'bash-2.05a$ '. Of course I'm not really sure
> what I'm supposed to have, but I'd at least think it should have prompted me
> for a password.
>
The root user can 'su' to anybody else without giving a password. Did
you do this as root?
--ronan
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