Re: role does not exist

I tried this and I get an error that

'psql: FATAL: role "postgres" does not exist'

-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
[mailto:pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Joshua D. Drake
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 6:33 PM
To: Kevin Burton
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] role does not exist

On 10/31/2012 03:54 PM, Kevin Burton wrote:
> I have successfully installed PostgreSQL on a Ubuntu Linux machine.
> However right off the bat I type 'psql' and I get the error: 'role
> "xxxx" does not exist'. Where xxx is the user name logged in. How do I
> overcome this hurdle. Right now all of our data is on a Windows SQL
> Server. Can someone give me step by step directions on how to import
> the databases from SQL Server. Actually I only want a few tables in
> the database. Hints?

Well step by step is a bit exhaustive for a mailing list. To solve the
specific question the default user is postgres and the default super user
within postgresql is postgres. Try this:

sudo -u postgres psql

JD

>
> Thank you.
>

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