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Hi, all:
 
 In the file of pg_hba.conf, I give the following parameter:
 
 TYPE   DATABASE        IP_ADDRESS              MASK           
 AUTH_TYPE              AUTH_ARGUMENT
 Local  all                                                    
 password              
 host   all             127.122.122.0           255.255.255.0  
 password      
 
        Now look what I got:
 
 $su postgres
 bash$psql template1
 $password
 
        What is the password for user 'postgres' ? How can I
 create one for this user?
 
 bash$createuser dbadmin
 Shall the new user be allowed to create database?(y/n) y
 Shall the new user be allowed to create more new user? (y/n) y
 password: 'dbadminpassword'
 FATAL 1: password authentication failed for user "postgres"
 Createuser: creation of user 'dbadmin' failed
 
        If I change the config setting to
 
 Local  all                                     trust
 
        I can login to template1 database and create users and
 databases, but I fail to give a password to a user. Look:
 
 $su postgres
 bash$createuser dbadmin with password 'dbpassword'
 
        Now it seems the 'dbpasswod' became the created user.
 
 Anybody knows how to create password for 'postgres' ? How to
 create a user with password?

       
 --------------------------------------------
 Hong Jin
 h1jin@ucsd.edu

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