Error: psql: FATAL: role "user1" does not exist

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Hello everyone,
I have a problem using Postgresql. I am working on linux OS and I create a new user. I have a database in PSQL username and password. I need to access this database from the user that I was created.

What I have tried:

add a .pgpass then add the username pass user... and chmod 600 .pgpass
The error: psql: FATAL: role "user1" does not exist.
Any help? Thanks in advance

Posted 14-Jul-17 3:03am

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Updated 14-Jul-17 6:41am

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k5054 · Answer 1 · 2017-07-14T06:41:00

Solution 1

You'll need to

createuser user1

as the database manager, probably user postgres. You may need to su root, then su postgres to get database manger permissions. You'll probably also want to look into postgresql ROLES if the user needs to create or delete database objects.

Posted 14-Jul-17 6:41am

k5054