Re: Nu-B here

On 7/19/23 23:32, Alban Hertroys wrote:
> 
>> On 20 Jul 2023, at 02:36, Amn Ojee Uw <amnojeeuw@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> After this command 'sudo -u postgres psql'
>> I get this message :
>> could not change directory to "/home/my_account": Permission denied
> 
> What’s the reason that you’re using the OS user postgres?

Because the Debian/Ubuntu packaging sets up pg_hba.conf to use peer auth 
for local connections and the only database user created is postgres.

See:

https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/databases-postgresql

for more information.

> 
> If you’re simply trying to connect to the database named postgres as database user postgres, you can instead use the
command'psql -U postgres postgres’.
 


> 
> Alban Hertroys
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