Re: psql: FATAL: user "root" does not exist createdb: database creation failed

Try this

createdb -U postgres ibmadb

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 13:55:30 +0800 (PHT), Jeoffrey L. Palacio
<jeoff(at)ibma(dot)org(dot)ph> wrote:
>
>
> Hi to all I'm Jeoffrey, and I'm a newbie to postgreSQL. My problem is
> that when i execute the command createdb <database name> i always get a
>
> [root(at)webdata root]# createdb ibmadb
> psql: FATAL: user "root" does not exist
> createdb: database creation failed
>
> Then I tried to create the user root by the command:
>
> createuser <username> and i always get this message also:
>
> [root(at)webdata root]# createuser
> Enter name of user to add: root
> Shall the new user be allowed to create databases? (y/n) y
> Shall the new user be allowed to create more new users? (y/n) n
> psql: FATAL: user "root" does not exist
> createuser: creation of user "root" failed
>
> my postgresql version is 7.3.4 and my OS is FEDORA CORE 1 x86_64 bit
> architecture.
>
> What is wrong about it? please help.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeoffrey
>
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