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Re: createdb: could not connect to database postgres: FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "root" error
- From: Aarni <aarni(at)kymi(dot)com>
- To: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
- Cc: bijoy <bijoy(dot)franco(at)gmail(dot)com>
- Subject: Re: createdb: could not connect to database postgres: FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "root" error
- Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:26:19 +0200
- Message-id: <200903281426.20362.aarni@kymi.com> <text/plain>
On Saturday 28 March 2009 13:08:27 bijoy wrote: > Hi, > > i am new to database postgresql. > > when i tried creating database using 'createdb', following error occuered. > createdb mydb > createdb: could not connect to database postgres: FATAL: Ident > authentication failed for user "root" > > What would be the reason. > > Thanks in advance > > bijoy Hi, Root can not run postgres. You must initdb, createdb, pg_ctl etc. as user 'postgres', the database super user and owner, or as some other user who has sufficient rights to do such things. Best regards, -- Aarni Ruuhimäki
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