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.
> 
> 
> 

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