Bob Bernstein wrote:
>This novice is confused by the role of the user 'postgres'. It seems I can't
>do anything with this package unless I first su to root user, then su again
>to
>'postgres' user.
That is correct. Of course you can choose to give postgres a password and
you would then be able to log in as postgres directly; if the PostgreSQL
administrator is no the system administrator, this would be necessary.
>I have created a db, such as 'mydatabase,' but I feel like I'm missing
>something. Surely there's a way to allow an "ordinary" user to use a
>Postgresql database.
When PostgreSQL is first installed, the only user it knows about is
`postgres'. So connect as postgres and add new users:
template1=> CREATE USER newuser;
will create an ordinary user
template1=> CREATE USER newuser CREATEDB
will create one who can create databases, and
template1=> CREATE USER newuser CREATEUSER
one who can create new users (this is insecure - he can also change
any system table.)
>One symptom of my ignorance is that in trying to run the KDE client (KMySql)
>when I try to create a form I get a "check permissions" error message.
KMySQL presumably connects to MySQL rather than PostgreSQL? (I haven't
heard of it before.)
>I would gladly be directed to a usable FAQ for beginners. The Postgresql
>HOW-TO is long on philosophy and testing, but lacking in basic intro kind of
>stuff.
Start psql, then type \h to get a list of SQL commands
\h command gives more details of that command
There are also man pages (replace spaces with underscores), e.g. `man
create_table'.
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