<html><head><title>PgAccess Tutorial</title></head> <body bgcolor="#C0C0C0"> <h1>PgAccess Tutorial - User Administration</h1> While user administration is really not a part of the PgAccess program, it is such a basic operation that a brief description is given here. <h2>Creating users</h2> The procedure for setting up <b>postgreSQL</b> usually results in a single user named <samp>postgres</samp>. In order for anyone else to use <b>postgreSQL</b>, users must be added. The program <samp>createuser</samp> accomplishes this. First become the PostgreSQL administrator (usually <samp>postgres</samp>):<p> <samp>su postgres</samp><p> Then create a new user:<p> <samp>createuser jim<br> Enter user's postgres ID or RETURN to use unix user ID: 500 -><br> Is user "jim" allowed to create databases (y/n) y<br> Is user "jim" a superuser? (y/n) y<br> createuser: jim was successfully added</samp><p> You can use either the UNIX user ID or the postgres ID to identify users. See the <b>postgreSQL</b> documentation in the "admin" section for a fuller account of users and groups.<p> The reason for using the command line to create the first user (other than <em>postgres</em>) is that <em>postgres</em> may not have X-Window permission. You can also create users using <b>PgAccess</b> if you are created as a <em>superuser</em> as shown in the example above.<p> <h2>Removing users</h2> To remove users, use the <samp>destroyuser</samp> command in the same way.<p> <a href="index.html#tut">Back to index</a> </body></html>
