Re: Permission denied to create database - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Richard Huxton
Subject Re: Permission denied to create database
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Msg-id 463B31D5.8040308@archonet.com
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In response to Permission denied to create database  (Kevin Murphy <murphy2@speakeasy.net>)
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Kevin Murphy wrote:
> Sleep deprived and surely doing something stupid here; I can't seem to
> confer the ability to create databases on a regular user.  I always get
> "permission denied to create database".  One note: template1 has had
> some C functions added to it.  Could that be related to the problem?
>
> $ createdb -U joe joejunkdb
> createdb: database creation failed: ERROR:  permission denied to create
> database
>
> $ sudo -u postgres psql -c "grant all on tablespace pg_default to joe"
> Password:
> GRANT
>
> $ createdb -U joe joejunkdb
> createdb: database creation failed: ERROR:  permission denied to create
> database

As a superuser: ALTER USER joe CREATEDB

Then go get some sleep :-)

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   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd

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