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From bijoy
Subject createdb: could not connect to database postgres: FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "root" error
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Hi,

i am new to database postgresql.

when i tried creating database using 'createdb', following error occuered.
createdb mydb
createdb: could not connect to database postgres: FATAL:  Ident authentication failed for user "root"

What would be the reason.

Thanks in advance

bijoy

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