| From: | "Eric M(dot) Cherry" <cherry_eric(at)sbcglobal(dot)net> |
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| To: | "'John Purser'" <jmpurser(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | <rabroersma(at)yahoo(dot)com>, <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Getting Started: user doesn't exist |
| Date: | 2006-09-02 14:10:29 |
| Message-ID: | 20060902141030.37E099FB4C4@postgresql.org |
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<emc posted a problem>
John answered:
> PostgreSQL is telling you that it doesn't know who 'emc' is. You see
> postgreSQL user accounts (called roles) are entirely separate from the
> Operating System (in your case windows) users. Try
> connecting (or createdb or createuser) with the '-U postgres' flag set
> and see what happens.
> John Purser
emc:
I did "createuser -U postgres", and the system led me through creating a
user "emc". It worked beautifully; I'm logged in and creating databases.
Thanks again -- you guys rock!
- emc
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