On 03/21/2014 09:29 PM, john.tiger wrote: > EDIT from @rodrigo > > hmm, user postgres vs os postgres - okay understand what you mean but > how is this fixed ? or what is proper procedure ? > It depends on what you want to fix... if you want to be able to do su - postgres change its OS password sudo passwd postgres or use sudo su - postgres and you just need your password (in case you can use sudo but you can according to your original email) About socket... Check that it is listening on that socket if debian is the same than ubuntu (I only have access to ubuntu right now) grep unix_socket /etc/postgresql/9.3/main/postgresql.conf Of course change 9.3 with your version or jsut ls /etc/postgresql and you will see which one you have installed there I hope this helps Best regards Rodrigo Gonzalez -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general