Re: [GENERAL] pgsql on debian

2004-06-27 Thread Tom Lane
Jay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i tried the following command but nothing seems to work > psql -U root -d root > psql: FATAL: IDENT authentication failed for user "root" You basically cannot use the -U switch when using IDENT authorization; that auth mode requires that your presented Postgres u

Re: [GENERAL] pgsql on debian

2004-06-27 Thread daniel
1)from root su postgres 2)createuser the username 3)exit 4)su the user 5)createdb psql the database Jay wrote: hi oliver i tried the following command but nothing seems to work psql -U root -d root psql: FATAL: IDENT authentication failed for user "root" any suggestions thanks jay Oliver Elphick w

Re: [GENERAL] pgsql on debian

2004-06-27 Thread Jay
hi oliver i tried the following command but nothing seems to work psql -U root -d root psql: FATAL: IDENT authentication failed for user "root" any suggestions thanks jay Oliver Elphick wrote: On Sun, 2004-06-27 at 00:36, Jay wrote: Hi group, I am trying to get pgsql working on my debian system

Re: [GENERAL] pgsql on debian

2004-06-27 Thread Oliver Elphick
On Sun, 2004-06-27 at 00:36, Jay wrote: > Hi group, > I am trying to get pgsql working on my debian system. I installed pgsql > using apt-get. but then i cant connect to it . i am using the following > command > psql -U jay -d jaydb > > earlier i used create su postgres 'createdb root' jaydb.

[GENERAL] pgsql on debian

2004-06-26 Thread Jay
Hi group, I am trying to get pgsql working on my debian system. I installed pgsql using apt-get. but then i cant connect to it . i am using the following command psql -U jay -d jaydb earlier i used create su postgres 'createdb root' jaydb. but now i cannot access the db. i get the follwing msgs