Thanks Ronan. That was it. You learn something new everyday.
-----Original Message-----
From: slug@lists.nks.net [mailto:slug@lists.nks.net]On Behalf Of Ronan
Heffernan
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 5:01 AM
To: slug@nks.net
Subject: Re: [SLUG] HELP: Installing PostgreSQL on RedHat 7.3
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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