Hello *, I am searching for a weired error... Since all users are working fine, I was now root and done a 'su - postgresql' to create a new user with createuser --password devel.debian Shall the new user be allowed to create databases? (y/n) n Shall the new user be allowed to create more new users? (y/n) n Password: CREATE USER Now the weired thing is, that the new user is visible in /home/postgresql/data/global/1260 but not in /home/postgresql/data/global/pg_pwd All other users are there... Here I have the striped output of SELECT * FROM pg_shadow ORDER BY usename; usename | usesysid | usecreatedb | usesuper | usecatupd | passwd | valuntil | useconfig ------------------+----------+-------------+----------+-----------+-------------------------------------+----------+----------- devel.debian | 107 | f | f | f | | | michelle.konzack | 100 | t | t | t | mdXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX | | omegasector | 103 | f | t | t | mdXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX | | peer.janssen | 102 | f | f | f | mdXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX | | pmc.omega | 105 | f | t | t | mdXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX | | root | 104 | f | f | f | mdXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX | | postgres | 1 | t | t | t | | | tamay.dogan | 101 | t | t | t | mdXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX | | (9 rows) Hmm, it does not create the password, even if it had ask me for it... And if I continue with createdb --encoding=utf-8 --owner=devel.debian devel.debian CREATE DATABASE and the I use 'psql -l' List of databases Name | Owner | Encoding ------------------+------------------+----------- devel.debian | devel.debian | UNICODE michelle.konzack | michelle.konzack | SQL_ASCII omegasector | omegasector | UNICODE peer.janssen | peer.janssen | UNICODE root | root | SQL_ASCII systemdb | root | SQL_ASCII template0 | postgres | SQL_ASCII template1 | postgres | SQL_ASCII (9 rows) In endeffect, if I try to login as $USER devel.debian with psql devel.debian Password: psql: FATAL: Password authentication failed for user "devel.debian" How can this happen? There is no difference between the user "debian.devel" or "michelle.konzack" or any others... It was realy weired, since I create the databases automaticaly from a script while I create new SYSTEM users... Now it fails. The used database is psql (PostgreSQL) 7.4.7 contains support for command-line editing Greetings Michelle Konzack -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ ##################### Debian GNU/Linux Consultant ##################### Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 50, rue de Soultz MSM LinuxMichi 0033/6/61925193 67100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com)