From: grimble@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 08/02/13 02:28, Aragorn wrote:   
   > Since you've managed to transfer everything, I'm only going to comment   
   > on this one thing here below...   
   >   
   > On Thursday 07 February 2013 14:56, grimble conveyed the following to   
   > alt.os.linux.mandriva...   
   >   
   >> [...] (nor can I log in as postgres, which has no password).   
   >   
   > An account which does not have a password set is not the same thing as   
   > an account with a _blank_ password.  In fact, the way Ubuntu disables   
   > root login is by not assigning a password to the root account, forcing   
   > the use of sudo to the first user account created during installation in   
   > order to have administration capabilities.   
   >   
   > The account postgres is not intended for login.  It is a user account   
   > used by the postgresql software.  It is however possible if you are   
   > using a display manager (alias "graphical login screen") that postgres   
   > would appear as one of the accounts in the login window.  If you are   
   > using KDE however, then you can hide certain user accounts from showing   
   > up in the login window - e.g. you can hide all accounts below a certain   
   > UID, and postgres should have a UID far below that of normal users.   
   >   
   Thanks for your comments, Aragorn. I'll look out how to hide the   
   postgres login.   
   It appears to inability to log-in was a space-related thing - as soon as   
   I cleared some space from the (unmonuted) /newusr, everything was back   
   to normal. Phew!   
   Regards to all,   
   --   
   Grimble   
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