Re: db connection problem (fedora core 3, pgsql 8.0.3) - Mailing list pgsql-novice

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Msg-id 20050923180957.23442.qmail@web33314.mail.mud.yahoo.com
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In response to Re: db connection problem (fedora core 3, pgsql 8.0.3)  (Sean Davis <sdavis2@mail.nih.gov>)
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> On 9/23/05 1:08 PM, "operationsengineer1@yahoo.com"
> <operationsengineer1@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > hi all,
> >
> > i'm trying to acces our new in-house pgsql server.
> > pgsql 8.0.3 is running on fc3.
> >
> > i vpn into the company network, then i sign into
> the
> > fc3 server a "user" via an accuterm session.
> >
> > i typed in
> >
> > "psql -d mydb"
> >
> > and received an error message that "user" isn't a
> > user.
> >
> > does anyone know what i'm doing wrong?
>
> Did someone do a createuser on your new server for
> the "user" in question?
>
> Sean

Sean, no.  is this likely the problem?  do linux user
names also have to be created in the db for folks who
will use psql, pgadmin, etc.?

tia...


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