Re: Nu-B here
Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>
From: Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>
To: Alban Hertroys <haramrae@gmail.com>, Amn Ojee Uw <amnojeeuw@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-general <pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2023-07-20T14:41:44Z
Lists: pgsql-general
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 > -- > If you can't see the forest for the trees, > cut the trees and you'll find there is no forest. > > > -- Adrian Klaver adrian.klaver@aklaver.com