2024年12月18日(水) 18:58 PG Doc comments form <nore...@postgresql.org>: > > The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: > > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/tutorial-createdb.html > Description: > > Folowing the online docs @ > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/tutorial-createdb.html > it says: "To create a new database, in this example named mydb, you use the > following command: > > $ createdb mydb" > When performing it error comes: > "createdb: error: connection to server on socket > "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: FATAL: role "root" does not > exist" > No matter what explanation there is for it, this is supposed to be official > documentation. It MUST be right.
If you read a bit further down that page, it tells you how to deal with that kind of error: > Another response could be this: > createdb: error: connection to server on socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432" > failed: FATAL: role "joe" does not exist Specifically it says: > You will need to become the operating system user under which PostgreSQL > was installed (usually postgres) to create the first user account. Regards Ian Barwick
