Re: Real novice question: Roles

On Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:07:59 +0000
Phil Dobbin <phildobbin@gmail.com> wrote:

> sh-3.2# su postgres

su - postgres

> bash-3.2$ whoami
> _postgres
>
> bash-3.2$ /opt/local/lib/postgresql90/bin/postgres -D\
> > /opt/local/var/db/postgresql90/defaultdb
> LOG:  database system was shut down at 2011-11-18 03:19:30 GMT
> LOG:  autovacuum launcher started
> LOG:  database system is ready to accept connections
>
> `psql --help` tells me that I'm the default user (I'm the administrator of
> the machine) but after Googling for hours I can't create a role or create a
> database. I've followed the instructions in the PostgreSQL manual for this
> version of pgsql to the letter but no go.

psql defaultdb         (seems to be defaultdb from what you wrote)
defaultdb=# CREATE USER myuser WITH PASSWORD 'icanconnect';

Or from the bash command line:
bash-3.2$ su - postgres
bash-3.2$ createuser myuser -W

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