Re: pg_shadow dump annoying problem

Tom Lane wrote:
> Gaetano Mendola <mendola(at)bigfoot(dot)com> writes:
>
>>[ pg_dumpall emits this: ]
>>DELETE FROM pg_shadow WHERE usesysid <> (SELECT datdba FROM pg_database
>>WHERE datname = 'template0');
>
>
>>Now if the file pg_user.sql is used accidentally by a user that is not
>>postgres the result is that all users are deleted ( also the user that
>>is doing the restore ) and no other user is created.
>
>
> How so? If that deletes all users then you have already removed the
> user who owns template0, ie, the user who did initdb. That is a really
> bad idea.

I didn't say this, I just wrote that if the file generated is used
by a user different the postgres will result in a disaster, and may be is
better not delete all the user except the user that own template0 but
not delete the user that own template0 and the current_user.

Regards
Gaetano Mendola