On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:38 PM, Shashank Sahni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello people, > I was trying to install dspace on my computer and it > required postgresql as a prerequisite. Since I am using Ubuntu so i just > downloaded and installed it using synaptic package manager. For the > installation of dspace i was supposed to exeucte the following > command.. > createuser -U postgres -d -A -P dspace > but whenever i execute it, it asks for password for the new role and then > after giving the password..it says.. > > createuser: could not connect to database postgres: FATAL: password > authentication failed for user "postgres"
Odd I would have expected it to say something about identd authentication failing. Have you tried: sudo su - postgres createuser -d -A -P dpsace ? -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
