Re: What packages I need to install to get Postgres working - Mailing list pgsql-general

On Sun, Dec 06, 2009 at 02:21:09PM -0800, John R Pierce wrote:
> yourusername $ sudo su - postgres
> postgres $ psql

Somebody pointed out to me on this list that you don't need su for that.
The following is equivalent:

  sudo -u postgres psql

Also, because it's all one line it plays nicely when running from history.

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