| From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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| To: | Kevin Burton <rkevinburton(at)charter(dot)net> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: role does not exist |
| Date: | 2012-10-31 23:32:54 |
| Message-ID: | 5091B526.9080403@commandprompt.com |
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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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