Re: how to setup postgres user
On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 05:14:52PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
> when i run setup_beancounter, it says, no postgressql user 'sandip'. it
> also recommends me to su - postgres.
>
> when i do this, neither my root password nor my user password works!
> what am i doing that is incorrect?
'su - postgres' becomes the postgres user, so if you're an ordinary user
at the time you run that you'll need postgres' password, which is
probably disabled.
Make sure to run 'su - postgres' while already root.
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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