Re: adding a superuser

I think user root is not known in Postgres user and that's why you want to
add it (;

try :

createuser -d -a -U postgres root

As a rule postgres is running under postgres user account that is a
superuser.

So try psl -U postgres
"Karl Babcock" <karl(at)knbenterprises(dot)com> a crit dans le message news:
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> Hi, I have just installed PostgreSQL 7.1 and am having a hard time adding
> users. I am trying to add a superuser but I keep getting errors with the
> createuser script.
>
> I am user 'root' on the Linux system when I run:
>
> lightning:/# createuser -d -a root
> psql: FATAL 1: user "root" does not exist
> createuser: creation of user "root failed
>
> Does anyone know how I could create a superuser or any user?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Karl
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