Re: createdb: could not connect to database

Hi,

On Sat, 2006-02-04 at 17:56 +0000, Paul Smith wrote:

> Did you start postgresql service?
> >
> > # service postgresql start
>
> Thanks, Devrim. After "service postgresql start", I get
>
> $ createdb mydb
> createdb: could not connect to database postgres: FATAL: role
> "psmith" does not exist
> $

- By default, RPM installations use ident authentication. This basically
means that you must be postgres user to access to PostgreSQL. First su
to root, and the su to postgres and run createdb then. (you cannot
directly su to postgres since it does not have an initial password)

- You can also edit pg_hba.conf to allow access to regular users:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/client-
authentication.html#AUTH-PG-HBA-CONF

- You can create psmith role and allow access to that user.

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