Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 26, 1998 at 11:39:15AM +0200, Allan Jacobsen wrote: > > Apache runs as user www-data, so to be able to > > access postgresql I wanted to create a postgres > > user "www-data", but createuser says "illegal > > character in user name". > > Does anyone know an easy way around this ? > > This is reported as bug #23945 and #23699 against the package > www-pgsql. It is a bug in postgres's GRANT utility; even when quoted, > it doesn't allow the hyphen, although apparently the rest of pgsql > works just fine with it. > > If you're having this problem trying to use www-pgsql, you can change > your connect command to
Well, as I am trying to use php3 with postgresql it is not a bug in www-pgsql. I will try to get it solved with the postgresql guys. Best regards Allan Jacobsen