From 0327a00a3716d8f96ab1353613eca3a0eb813c65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adrien Luxey <adrien@luxeylab.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 13:48:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update postgres.md (#6234)
Added database owner authentication with `sudo` when `su` does not work
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docs/postgres.md | 10 +++++++---
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/postgres.md b/docs/postgres.md
index 29cf762858..7cb1ad18d4 100644
--- a/docs/postgres.md
+++ b/docs/postgres.md
@@ -27,17 +27,21 @@ connect to a postgres database.
## Set up database
-Assuming your PostgreSQL database user is called `postgres`, create a
-user `synapse_user` with:
+Assuming your PostgreSQL database user is called `postgres`, first authenticate as the database user with:
su - postgres
+ # Or, if your system uses sudo to get administrative rights
+ sudo -u postgres bash
+
+Then, create a user ``synapse_user`` with:
+
createuser --pwprompt synapse_user
Before you can authenticate with the `synapse_user`, you must create a
database that it can access. To create a database, first connect to the
database with your database user:
- su - postgres
+ su - postgres # Or: sudo -u postgres bash
psql
and then run:
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