On Monday 01 March 2010 @ 17:36, Ed L. wrote:
> On Monday 01 March 2010 @ 17:26, Tom Lane wrote:
> > "Ed L." <pgsql(at)bluepolka(dot)net> writes:
> > > On Monday 01 March 2010 @ 17:18, Tom Lane wrote:
> > >> "Ed L." <pgsql(at)bluepolka(dot)net> writes:
> > >>> There is one, looks like a typo got in. How do I fix
> > >>> it?
> > >>
> > >> Hmm, a user named @, or what?
> > >
> > > Yes, a bogus user:
> > >
> > > "@" "" ""
> >
> > Mph. We really ought to fix things so that a quoted @
> > doesn't get taken as an include file reference. Odd that
> > it's never come up before.
> >
> > Anyway, if you still have any open superuser sessions, the
> > best thing would be an ALTER USER RENAME. If you don't,
> > you'll have to resort to manually editing the pg_auth file,
> > and then rename the user as soon as you can get in.
>
> Killed the stuck postmaster with sigkill, edited the file,
> restarted postmaster, and it re-wrote the file with the bogus
> entry. I don't have any superuser sessions open. Is there
> another route?
I have source code and can patch and rebuild/reinstall if I had
the right patch.