please try su postgres -c 'createuser -U postgres me' or change auth method in your pg_hba.conf
2018-01-09 10:48 GMT+01:00 Agnar Renolen <agnar.reno...@gmail.com>: > I have just installed PostGIS (Postgres9.6) on a Debian server using > apt-get. > > But I have problems doing anything: > > I installed as root, but trying doing things as my local user "me" > > me> createuser me > createuser: could not connect to database postgres: FATAL: role "me" does > not exist > > Then, trying the same as root, but gettinge the same result. > > root> createuser me > createuser: could not connect to database postgres: FATAL: role "root" > does not exist > > Then trying with the -U postgres option. > > root> createuser -U postgres me > createuser: could not connect to database postgres: FATAL: Peer > authentication failed for user "postgres" > > How do I get started? >
