[ADMIN] vacuumdb question/problem

2011-07-15 Thread David Ondrejik
Hello, I am new to this list and hope I have chosen the appropriate group to ask this question. We are running version 8.2.6 of postgres and I am trying to run a full vacuum on a single table in our database. I started the vacuum about 24 hours ago and it is still running. Within 2-3 hrs o

[ADMIN] vacuumdb question/problem??

2011-07-15 Thread David Ondrejik
Hello, I am new to this list and hope I have chosen the appropriate group to ask this question. We are running version 8.2.6 of postgres and I am trying to run a full vacuum on a single table in our database. I started the vacuum about 24 hours ago and it is still running. Within 2-3 hrs o

Re: [ADMIN] vacuumdb question/problem

2011-07-15 Thread David Ondrejik
Simon - thanks for the response. I checked all the processes and nothing appears to be holding it up. Any other advice? Simon Riggs said the following on 7/15/2011 12:21 PM: On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 5:10 PM, David Ondrejik wrote: Since then, the process has continued to run (for about 20

Re: [ADMIN] vacuumdb question/problem

2011-07-15 Thread David Ondrejik
takes on the vacuum process? Thanks, Dave Tom Lane said the following on 7/15/2011 1:12 PM: Simon Riggs writes: On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 5:10 PM, David Ondrejik wrote: Since then, the process has continued to run (for about 20 hrs) without any additional information being returned. Probably

Re: [ADMIN] vacuumdb question/problem

2011-07-21 Thread David Ondrejik
Thanks to everyone for their response and help. I still have some more questions that hopefully someone can help me with as I have not yet been able to solve my vacuumdb problem. The posting of data to the table in question is extremely slow...yesterday I saw that it took over 6 min to post

Re: [ADMIN] vacuumdb question/problem

2011-07-21 Thread David Ondrejik
I think I see a (my) fatal flaw that will cause the cluster to fail. From the info I received from previous posts, I am going to change my game plan. If anyone has thoughts as to different process or can confirm that I am on the right track, I would appreciate your input. 1. I am going to ru

Re: [ADMIN] Update actions (with user name) inside PostgreSQL DB - any version on postgreSQL

2012-03-14 Thread David Ondrejik
In Linux you can setup and use the "sudo" option. For those whom you don't wish to have root access, simply make them sudousers, then change the root password. This will force those users to simply type "sudo" (w/o quotes) at the beginning of each command they want to run (i.e. sudo psql db_name "i

Re: [ADMIN] Update actions (with user name) inside PostgreSQL DB - any version on postgreSQL

2012-03-14 Thread David Ondrejik
That unadvertised command...if issued...would also be logged and lists the userid of the person who used the command. So there is some trail to track back to the original user. Dave On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Scott Ribe wrote: > On Mar 14, 2012, at 9:01 AM, David Ondrejik wrote: > >

Re: [ADMIN] Update actions (with user name) inside PostgreSQL DB - any version on postgreSQL

2012-03-14 Thread David Ondrejik
on't give it to them. Dave On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Scott Ribe wrote: > On Mar 14, 2012, at 9:28 AM, David Ondrejik wrote: > > > So there is some trail to track back to the original user. > > Yes, but once he has root shell, the trail ends there, and impersonation &g