Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 07:58:16 -0500 From: Jason Tishler Subject: Re: Changing to another user in cygwin -- login? In-reply-to: <3DF984D7.3030305@intekom.co.za> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-followup-to: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-id: <20021213125816.GA1704@tishler.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i References: <3DF984D7 DOT 3030305 AT intekom DOT co DOT za> Andre, On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 08:57:27AM +0200, Andre Truter wrote: > Now I want to run the createdb, etc scritps as user postgres to create > a new database. What about using the "--username" option? $ id uid=19695(jt) gid=10513(Domain Users)... $ psql -l psql: FATAL: user "jt" does not exist $ psql -l --username postgres List of databases ... > I have tried 'login postgres' from a bash shell, but this is the result: > $ login postgres > Password: > Login incorrect > login: Search the archives to understand why the above does not work. > I also followed all the instructions in the postgres readme. ^^^ Really? What about the following: [2] The "$" prompt indicates running as the "postgres" user. Log in as "postgres" or use ssh to emulate Unix's "su" command. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Jason -- PGP/GPG Key: http://www.tishler.net/jason/pubkey.asc or key servers Fingerprint: 7A73 1405 7F2B E669 C19D 8784 1AFD E4CC ECF4 8EF6 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/