On Tuesday 13 November 2001 01:41, you wrote:
> i'm trying to create a new user in postgres (createuser [user]), but when
> logged in as root or any other user, i get "permission denied".  i tried to
> "su postgres", but it prompts me for the password, which seems to have been
> set by default by mandrake.  does anyone know what it is?  if i log in as
> root and 1) change the password or 2) remove the postgres user and create a
> new one with a new password, will the postgres startup service still work?
>
>
> thank you very much,
>
> a linux and postgres newbie...


Just after sending the last reply i went to:

URL: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/index.php?start-psql.html

This one's interactive and they have answers for LM 8.0!

Andre

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