- Connect to the default database with user postgres :
sudo -u postgres psql template1 - Set the password for user postgres, then exit psql (Ctrl-D) :
ALTER USER postgres with encrypted password 'xxxxxxx'; - Edit the pg_hba.conf file:sudo vim /etc/postgresql/9.1/main/pg_hba.confAnd change "peer" to "md5" on the line concerning postgres :
local all postgres peer md5 -
Restart the database :
(Here you can check it worked with psql -U postgres.)sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql restart -
Create a user having the same name as you (to find it, you can type whoami):
The options tell postgresql to create a user that can login, create databases, create new roles, is a superuser, and will have an encrypted password. The really important ones are -P -E, so that you're asked to type the password that will be encrypted, and -d so that you can do a createdb.Beware of passwords : it will first ask you twice the new password (for the new user), repeated, and then once the postgres password (the one specified on step 2).createuser -U postgres -d -e -E -l -P -r -s <my_name> - Again, edit the pg_hba.conf file (see step 3 above), and change "peer" to "md5" on the line concerning "all" other users :
local all all peer md5 - Restart (like in step 4), and check that you can login without -U postgres :
Note that if you do a mere psql, it will fail since it will try to connect you to a default database having the same name as you (ie. whoami). template1 is the admin database that is here from the start.psql template1 -
Now createdb <dbname> should work.