Re: Login problem

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Danjel Jungersen" <danjel(at)jungersen(dot)dk>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Login problem
Date: 2005-12-20 17:05:01
Message-ID: 577.1135098301@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Danjel Jungersen" <danjel(at)jungersen(dot)dk> writes:
> On 20 Dec 2005 at 8:37, John DeSoi wrote:
>> Do you know who created the database cluster with initdb? Perhaps
>> they used their own user name rather than postgres.

> I did :-)
> as root...

I don't think so. initdb refuses to run as root. However, the default
PG superuser account will be named the same as the Unix account that you
used to run initdb.

regards, tom lane

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