:-> What output did you get from createuser? $ createuser mbert Connection to database 'template1' failed. FATAL 1: SetUserId: user "mbert" is not in "pg_shadow"
createuser: database access failed. It should have been something :-> like this: :-> :-> bash-2.01$ createuser mbert :-> Enter user's postgres ID -> 1003 :-> Is user "mbert" allowed to create databases (y/n) n :-> Is user "mbert" allowed to add users? (y/n) n :-> createuser: mbert was successfully added :-> don't forget to create a database for mbert :-> :-> createuser must be run by the user postgres How to do that? (or by any other user who :-> is allowed to add users - at first installation there will not be any :-> such). :-> :-> Any users successfully created will be in pg_shadow, so the error you :-> report indicates that createuser failed in some way. :-> :-> -- :-> Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] :-> Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver :-> PGP key from public servers; key ID 32B8FAA1 :-> ======================================== :-> "Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his :-> courts with praise. Be thankful unto him, and bless :-> his name." Psalms 100:4 :-> :-> Thanks Mario Bertrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>