Re: [ADMIN] "pg_guest" is not in "pg_shadow" error.

On Wed, 27 May 1998, Sejin Oh wrote:

> In my pg_hda.conf:
> local all
> password passwd
> host all 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 password passwd
>
> then made password file using pg_passwd utility and made pg_guest user:
>
> [postgres(at)turbo data]$ pg_passwd passwd
> Username: pg_guest
> New password:
> Re-enter new password:
>
> [postgres(at)turbo data]$ more passwd
> pg_guest:BNCVMQvaZsLXs
>
> then when i try to connect to database I get this error message:
>
> [postgres(at)turbo data]$ psql -u temple
> Username: pg_guest
> Password:
>
> Connection to database 'temple' failed.
> FATAL 1: SetUserId: user "pg_guest" is not in "pg_shadow"
>
> Can anyone help me what is the solution for this FATAL 1: SetUserId: user
> "pg_guest" is not in "pg_shadow" error?

Did you create the user using createuser? (other than creating the entry
in your passwd file)

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