Re: Getting started with first user.

From: Jaime Soler <jaime(dot)soler(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Agnar Renolen <agnar(dot)renolen(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Getting started with first user.
Date: 2018-01-09 16:14:21
Message-ID: CAKVUGgTcycjiZWv4t5KcEVsWoJshCvzw-J5XyEGnYn2Chd-FwQ@mail.gmail.com
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please try su postgres -c 'createuser -U postgres me' or change auth method
in your pg_hba.conf

2018-01-09 10:48 GMT+01:00 Agnar Renolen <agnar(dot)renolen(at)gmail(dot)com>:

> I have just installed PostGIS (Postgres9.6) on a Debian server using
> apt-get.
>
> But I have problems doing anything:
>
> I installed as root, but trying doing things as my local user "me"
>
> me> createuser me
> createuser: could not connect to database postgres: FATAL: role "me" does
> not exist
>
> Then, trying the same as root, but gettinge the same result.
>
> root> createuser me
> createuser: could not connect to database postgres: FATAL: role "root"
> does not exist
>
> Then trying with the -U postgres option.
>
> root> createuser -U postgres me
> createuser: could not connect to database postgres: FATAL: Peer
> authentication failed for user "postgres"
>
> How do I get started?
>

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