"David" <iaredavey(at)hotmail(dot)com> writes:
> If i try to service it with Webmin, which worked before the =
> crash, Webmin now returns the following kind of error..for example, retriev=
> ing a list of users of the system:=20
> SQL select * from pg_shadow failed : pg_shadow: Permission denied.
> I can see the current data in the current database, just cant do anything=
> with that, add users, or give users permission etc.
Apparently Webmin is connecting as a non-superuser Postgres user. Check
which user you are starting it as. Perhaps you have forgotten to set
an appropriate PGUSER environment value?
regards, tom lane