"Florian G. Pflug" <fgp(at)phlo(dot)org> writes:
> As user testuser (connected to testdb) :
> .) update pg_settings set setting='public' where name='search_path' ;
> this gives "pg_settings: permission denied"
Hm. Works fine here. What do you get from
select relacl, relacl is null from pg_class where relname = 'pg_settings';
regards, tom lane