Re: [INTERFACES] Changing User Passwords

One thing I found lacking, or just couldn't find...the ability to
grant/revoke group permissions?  Just something I'm missing, or just not
implemented yet?

On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Dave Page wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Using pg_shadow based passwords I'm having trouble figuring out how a user
> can change their own password via ODBC. The only way I can see of doing this
> is with ALTER USER, but of course this fails (as shown in the snippet from
> psql)
> 
> valesoft=> alter user jbeirne with password xxxx;
> 
> ERROR:  alterUser: user "jbeirne" does not have SELECT and UPDATE privilege
> for "pg_shadow"
> 
> Any ideas would be appreciated...
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Dave.
> 
> ************
> 

Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
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