From: stryder@telenet.be.invalid   
      
   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.   
      
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