On 2/2/21 1:58 PM, Joao Miguel Ferreira wrote:
Hello all,

I have just installed postgresql on Debian stable (from debian apt archives). It seems that the postgres user does not have permissions to DROP/CREATE USER. I was expecting the postgres user to be a superuser but something seems weird. my postgres user does not have the usual superuser attributes.

Please see my results bellow:

root@deb10tp:/# id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)
root@deb10tp:/# pwd
/
root@deb10tp:/# su postgres
postgres@deb10tp:/$ psql
psql (11.9 (Debian 11.9-0+deb10u1))
Type "help" for help.

Not sure how you can do above when below the postgres user does not have LOGIN attribute?

What where the exact steps you took when you did the install?


postgres=> DROP USER foo;
ERROR:  permission denied to drop role
postgres=> DROP USER postgres;
ERROR:  permission denied to drop role
postgres=> CREATE USER foo;
ERROR:  permission denied to create role
postgres=> \du
            List of roles
  Role name | Attributes | Member of
-----------+------------+-----------
  pgcon     |            | {}
  postgres  |            | {}

How do I get a superuser/postgres that is capable to CREATE / DROP another user? or a user that might allowed to do anything?

Thank you
Joao



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