Re: PostGreSQL - Accessing It

On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 01:34:00AM +0000, Mel Roman wrote:
> I have the same problem as Michael.  I've installed postgresql and am
> running the service, but I can't log in as postgres.  I just tried the
> command line "psql -U postgres template1", but I get the message
> "authentication failed for user 'postgres'".  The administrator's manual
> confirms that I first need to connect as this predefined user, but
> doesn't say what that user's password is.
Did You tried "su - postgres" as root? This should bring You into a
shell of the postgres user.

HTH,
-tb
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Thomas Beutin                             tb@laokoon.IN-Berlin.DE
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