Re: User creation of DB

Paulo-

There are two ways to accomplish this. When you create the user, you can
type: "create user pdestroy createdb". Or now that the user has already been
created, do this: "alter user pdestroy createdb" Look here for more info:

http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?sql-createuser.html

http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?sql-alteruser.html

-Nick

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
> [mailto:pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org]On Behalf Of Paulo J. Matos
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 12:29 PM
> To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: [GENERAL] User creation of DB
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I've just installed Postgresql, I've created a db using user
> postgres, but how can I give a user permissions to create one
> too...
> Since, when I do:
> pdestroy(at)localhost:~$ createdb test
> psql: FATAL 1: user "pdestroy" does not exist
> createdb: database creation failed
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Best regards,
>
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