Need a debugging tip or two

I've just started fooling with some modifications to the backend.
I'm new at doing this in PG, so I'm blundering I'm sure.

In any event when I start the backend standalone (i.e. running
the 'postgres -D ....' command, it seems I have to be the root
or postgres root user because of file permissions. But I want
access to the database of my normal username, which is 'kevin'.

Questions: have I identified the problem right? Is that why I
can't see my tables? If so, is there a way to change databases,
given that the \ commands don't work in the backend?

Or am I just going at this all wrong in some way?

++ kevin

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