bob parker wrote: >Using potato r3 and postmaster is running. > >Attempt to 'psql' get error message: >FATAL1: SetUserID: user 'bob' is not in pg_shadow > >How may i sign on to postgres - command line please
Have you created a PostgreSQL user called "bob"? When PostgreSQL is installed, there is only one user, "postgres" and (in potato) the access policy (in /etc/postgresql/pg_hba.conf) is open. So either connect to psql calling yourself postgres: $ psql -u Username: postgres Password: (leave it blank) template1:-> CREATE USER bob; or else do it from the command line: $ su Password: root password # su - postgres $ createuser bob Do check the respective manual pages: man create_user and man createuser -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver PGP: 1024R/32B8FAA1: 97 EA 1D 47 72 3F 28 47 6B 7E 39 CC 56 E4 C1 47 GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C ======================================== "But the end of all things is at hand; be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. And above all things have fervent love among yourselves; for love shall cover the multitude of sins." I Peter 4:7,8
