Re: User Problem In PostgreSQL on Mac OS X

Actually, mine is called postgre without the 's'.  Does he have to have
a directory under users?

On Sunday, February 23, 2003, at 05:34  PM, David C. Oshel wrote:

> yup ... try "su - postgres" with an ess
>
> there's no /Users/postgre, but there's a /Users/postgres
>
>
> On Sunday, February 23, 2003, at 04:32  PM, Robert Prather wrote:
>
>> Well, I said you'd be hearing from me again.  From a command prompt I
>> type "su - postgre" and enter the password.  It says "su: no
>> directory" and doesn't let me change users.  Any idea which directory
>> it's looking for?
>>
>> Robert
>>
>> On Sunday, February 23, 2003, at 03:54  PM, David C.Oshel wrote:
>>
>>> If you're using vanilla OS X, you probably have not enabled the root
>>> user -- which is Mac OS X default behavior for a reason.
>>>
>>> Rather than launching a giant project to find out how to enable
>>> root, just use Terminal and enter "sudo su".  You will get the usual
>>> sudoers lecture (engrave it on your soul, even if you have only one
>>> user), and you will find yourself staring at the root prompt.  God
>>> help you.
>>>
>>> This trick is slightly less omnipotent than actually logging in as
>>> root, but the difference between disaster and catastrophe is not
>>> worth mentioning.
>>>
>>> Be sure to enter "exit" after you have accomplished the precisely
>>> exact one single thing you needed to masquerade as root for.
>>>
>>> D
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sunday, February 23, 2003, at 02:39  PM, brew@theMode.com wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Now for the stupid part: I forgot the password for that user.  I
>>>>> installed it using FINK and everything went well as I recall.  Do I
>>>>> need to uninstall the software?  If so, is there an easy way to do
>>>>> this?
>>>>
>>>> OS X is Unix (or Unix-like), right?  The classic way around this is
>>>> sign
>>>> on as root and then use passwd to change the password for user
>>>> postgres.
>>>>
>>>> I've forgotten the postgres user password myself as have probably
>>>> half the
>>>> people on this list!
>>>>
>>>> brew
>>>>
>>>>
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>>> David C. Oshel               mailto:dcoshel@inav.net
>>> Cedar Rapids, Iowa       http://soli.inav.net/~dcoshel
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>>
>> Robert Prather
>> 8476873608@mobile.att.net
>>
>>
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> David C. Oshel               mailto:dcoshel@inav.net
> Cedar Rapids, Iowa       http://soli.inav.net/~dcoshel
> ``Raffiniert ist der Herrgot, aber boshaft ist er nicht." - A. Einstein
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>

Robert Prather
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