Re: User Problem In PostgreSQL on Mac OS X

David,

I went ahead and deleted everything related to my prior PostgreSQL
installations and started fresh with Liyanage's package. Followed the
instructions and it worked like a dream. Thanks for pointing that out.

Now I can worry about learning the database instead of how to install
it.

Robert

On Monday, February 24, 2003, at 09:39 AM, David C. Oshel wrote:

> hmmm... If you installed the package from Marc Liyanage's PostgreSQL
> page, it creates the necessary overhead elements. Probably got it
> from fink, right? I'm not sure what fink does, aside from putting
> stuff in it's private /sw directory tree.
>
> On Sunday, February 23, 2003, at 07:23 PM, Robert Prather wrote:
>
>> Actually, mine is called postgre without the 's'. Does he have to
>> have a directory under users?
>>
>> On Sunday, February 23, 2003, at 05:34 PM, David C. Oshel wrote:
>>
>>> yup ... try "su - postgres" with an ess
>>>
>>> there's no /Users/postgre, but there's a /Users/postgres
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sunday, February 23, 2003, at 04:32 PM, Robert Prather wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well, I said you'd be hearing from me again. From a command prompt
>>>> I type "su - postgre" and enter the password. It says "su: no
>>>> directory" and doesn't let me change users. Any idea which
>>>> directory it's looking for?
>>>>
>>>> Robert
>>>>
>>>> On Sunday, February 23, 2003, at 03:54 PM, David C.Oshel wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> If you're using vanilla OS X, you probably have not enabled the
>>>>> root user -- which is Mac OS X default behavior for a reason.
>>>>>
>>>>> Rather than launching a giant project to find out how to enable
>>>>> root, just use Terminal and enter "sudo su". You will get the
>>>>> usual sudoers lecture (engrave it on your soul, even if you have
>>>>> only one user), and you will find yourself staring at the root
>>>>> prompt. God help you.
>>>>>
>>>>> This trick is slightly less omnipotent than actually logging in as
>>>>> root, but the difference between disaster and catastrophe is not
>>>>> worth mentioning.
>>>>>
>>>>> Be sure to enter "exit" after you have accomplished the precisely
>>>>> exact one single thing you needed to masquerade as root for.
>>>>>
>>>>> D
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sunday, February 23, 2003, at 02:39 PM, brew(at)theMode(dot)com wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Now for the stupid part: I forgot the password for that user. I
>>>>>>> installed it using FINK and everything went well as I recall.
>>>>>>> Do I
>>>>>>> need to uninstall the software? If so, is there an easy way to
>>>>>>> do
>>>>>>> this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> OS X is Unix (or Unix-like), right? The classic way around this
>>>>>> is sign
>>>>>> on as root and then use passwd to change the password for user
>>>>>> postgres.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've forgotten the postgres user password myself as have probably
>>>>>> half the
>>>>>> people on this list!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> brew
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>> --
>>>>> David C. Oshel mailto:dcoshel(at)inav(dot)net
>>>>> Cedar Rapids, Iowa http://soli.inav.net/~dcoshel
>>>>> ``Raffiniert ist der Herrgot, aber boshaft ist er nicht." - A.
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>>>>
>>>> Robert Prather
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>> David C. Oshel mailto:dcoshel(at)inav(dot)net
>>> Cedar Rapids, Iowa http://soli.inav.net/~dcoshel
>>> ``Raffiniert ist der Herrgot, aber boshaft ist er nicht." - A.
>>> Einstein
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Robert Prather
>> 8476873608(at)mobile(dot)att(dot)net
>>
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> --
> David C. Oshel mailto:dcoshel(at)inav(dot)net
> Cedar Rapids, Iowa http://soli.inav.net/~dcoshel
> ``Raffiniert ist der Herrgot, aber boshaft ist er nicht." - A. Einstein
>
>

Robert Prather
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