Обсуждение: pgsql initial superuser
Hello. this is my "first" time using pgsql, and I seem to be running to a bit of a corner here :-) I've understood how to add a superuser/database-user/user but I have no user to begin with. ~# createuser superuser Shall the new user be allowed to create databases? (y/n) y Shall the new user be allowed to create more new users? (y/n) y psql: FATAL: user "root" does not exist createuser: creation of user "superuser" failed So I need someway to add a user so I can add others. I belive this is done in the pg_hba.conf file, but so far I've been unlucky. I'm using the debian distributed pg_hba.conf file set up for local access, and I tried the following lines, each a complete failure: pg_hba.conf <snip> local all root md5 #OR #local all root ident <snip> Even with "createuser blabla -Uroot -W" and using the "ident" auth method fails. What am I missing here? Thank you for the support :-D
kaolin fire wrote: > try user 'pgsql' :) that's the default initially created superuser, no > password (it would be good to give it one). > > -kaolin fire > -http://erif.org/code/fallingup/ for a 'spin' on tetris > > That was a quick response :-) using a clean pg_hba.conf file (no user lines added), this is what happened: ******* ~# createuser -Upgsql Enter name of user to add: blabla Shall the new user be allowed to create databases? (y/n) n Shall the new user be allowed to create more new users? (y/n) n psql: FATAL: IDENT authentication failed for user "pgsql" createuser: creation of user "blabla" failed ******* What am I doing wrong ?
Pedro Almeida wrote: > So I need someway to add a user so I can add others. There should be a predefined user named "postgres".
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Pedro Almeida írta: | kaolin fire wrote: | |> try user 'pgsql' :) that's the default initially created superuser, no |> password (it would be good to give it one). |> |> -kaolin fire |> -http://erif.org/code/fallingup/ for a 'spin' on tetris |> |> | That was a quick response :-) | | using a clean pg_hba.conf file (no user lines added), this is what | happened: | | ******* | ~# createuser -Upgsql | Enter name of user to add: blabla | Shall the new user be allowed to create databases? (y/n) n | Shall the new user be allowed to create more new users? (y/n) n | psql: FATAL: IDENT authentication failed for user "pgsql" | | createuser: creation of user "blabla" failed | ******* | | What am I doing wrong ? | | ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- | TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your | joining column's datatypes do not match Add a line: local all all ident sameuser to your pg_hba.conf restart postgresql find out under what userid is your postgresql running typicaly it would be postgres, I'll supose that it is postgres: su postgres and do whatever you like with your database cluster. Because of this I would suggest as a first step to do: psql template1 SQL commands follow: ALTER USER postgres password='SomeReallyBigSecretHere' ; Hope it helps. Cheers, Geza -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFAMR6G/PxuIn+i1pIRAoaAAKCBALjM0r1nQ3K8anMwrDh/BGscOgCggs18 V+YlMMBEGys7jd7LzfV5M0Y= =udMf -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
That was it - user 'postgres', owner of postmaster, has got what it takes. Thank you for solving my problem and giving me some extra tips to work on. I will now continue lurking on the ML and watching closely your discussions. Good bye then :-)
Dear Pedro , > Hello. this is my "first" time using pgsql, and I seem to be running > to a bit of a corner here :-) > > I've understood how to add a superuser/database-user/user but I have > no user to begin with. > > ~# createuser superuser > Shall the new user be allowed to create databases? (y/n) y > Shall the new user be allowed to create more new users? (y/n) y > psql: FATAL: user "root" does not exist > createuser: creation of user "superuser" failed > If you have compiled PostgreSQL then the user login used for initdb is the default user else this was from rpm then postgres is the super user you may login as psql -U postgres template1 -- Regards, Vishal Kashyap Director / Lead Software Developer, Sai Hertz And Control Systems Pvt Ltd, http://saihertz.rediffblogs.com Jabber IM: vishalkashyap[ a t ]jabber.org ICQ : 264360076 Yahoo IM: mailforvishal[ a t ]yahoo.com ----------------------------------------------- You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. - Buddha --------------- pgsql=# select marital_status from vishals_life; marital_status ------------------ Single not looking 1 Row(s) affected