Re: dropdb to a remote host

I believe that dropdb simply connects to template1 and issues the
"drop database" command. If you don't have access to the template1
database then you can't drop other databases.

Jason

Alex Avriette <a_avriette(at)acs(dot)org> writes:

> when I do:
>
> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/dropdb -h myhost -U myuser dbname
>
> it complains that there isnt an entry in pg_hba.conf for 'template1', when i
> rather explicitly told it to drop 'dbname'. am i missing something?
>
> alex
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> $dbh -> do('unhose');
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