Re: Login problem
Danjel Jungersen <danjel@jungersen.dk>
From: "Danjel Jungersen" <danjel@jungersen.dk>
To: pgsql-novice@postgresql.org
Date: 2005-12-20T07:33:31Z
Lists: pgsql-novice
On 18 Dec 2005 at 9:00, John DeSoi wrote: > > On Dec 18, 2005, at 5:44 AM, Danjel Jungersen wrote: > > > Below are instructions on how to login without a password, and a > > point in the direction on how to change it, but I keep getting: > > psql: FATAL: User "me" does not exist. > > > > After some tries I got pass the database does not exist ;-) > > > > Is there a user that is allways there, or can I see a list somewhere > > ? > > The "postmaster" is mentioned, so I have tried that "root" and > > "Postmaster", no luck... > > > > > The default superuser name is "postgres". There is generally a > default database called template1. In PostgreSQL 8.1 and later, I > believe the default database name has changed to "postgres" as well. > So try > > psql -U postgres template1 > > or > > psql -U postgres postgres With some testing I have found that I have the databasename correct, but still: "user does not exist" :-( Hope I can get throught this ;-) btw, I'm running 7.4.3... best regards Danjel > > John > > > > John DeSoi, Ph.D. > http://pgedit.com/ > Power Tools for PostgreSQL >