As the postgres user run the program "createuser" It will ask fro a
username (dckinder) and some other things, including whether the user can
create a database. You can do the same thing by connecting to template1
with psql and using the CREATE USER command. (do \h CREATE USER from within
psql)
At 04:00 PM 8/15/99, Duncan Kinder wrote:
>I have installed postgresql 6.5.1 on a Redhat Linux 5.2 box.
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>As "postgres" I am able to create a database.
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>However, when I type the command "createdb whatever" as dckinder, I receive
>the following response:
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>"Connection to database 'templete1' failed
>FATAL 1: SetUserId: user 'dckinder' is not in 'pg_shadow'.
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>How do I get dckinder to be in 'pg_shadow'?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Duncan C. Kinder
>dckinder@mountain.net
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