On Fri, Oct 22, 1999 at 02:32:32AM -0400, Bob Bernstein <ruptured-duck@home.com> wrote: > This novice is confused by the role of the user 'postgres'. It seems I can't > do anything with this package unless I first su to root user, then su again to > 'postgres' user. > All you have to do as postgres is add and destroy users. Use the command 'createuser' to add yourself. I used the same username and user id as in /etc/passwd, but I'm not sure that's necessary. Give yourself permission to create databases. Now you can do all your work without being root. > I would gladly be directed to a usable FAQ for beginners. The Postgresql > HOW-TO is long on philosophy and testing, but lacking in basic intro kind of > stuff. Install postgresql-doc and check out /usr/doc/postresql-doc/index.html for lots of good information. -- Eric Gillespie, Jr. <*> epg@pobox.com "Man is a rope, tied between beast and overman--a rope over an abyss. A dangerous across, a dangerous on-the-way, a dangerous looking-back, a dangerous shuddering and stopping." --Friedrich Nietzsche
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