Hi Gabriele, On Wed, 3 Nov 2010 11:29:25 +0100 (CET), Gabriele Bulfon <gbulfon@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I need to run postgres under the same user/group, witout having to create > and use postgres user. That's reasonable and perfectly doable with Postgres. > But now I can't seem to connect to the database, because it says: > FATAL: role "postgres" does not exist > How can I let postgres run under my own user instead of postgres? That means that PostgreSQL is successfully running. Try and connect to the database using a different user by passing the '-U' option to psql or by setting the PGUSER environment variable. > I can rebuild from sources, if needed. I believe there is no need to do that. Ciao, Gabriele -- Gabriele Bartolini - 2ndQuadrant Italia PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support Gabriele.Bartolini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - www.2ndQuadrant.it -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
