Changing to another user in cygwin -- login?

Changing to another user in cygwin -- login?

[Andre Truter]

Hi,

I have postgres installed and running as a service under user postgres.

Now I want to run the createdb, etc scritps as user postgres to create a 
new database.

I have tried 'login postgres' from a bash shell, but this is the result:
$ login postgres
Password:
Login incorrect
login:

I know the password is correct, as I logged into windows with user 
postgres to init the postgres system.

I also followed all the instructions in the postgres readme.

Do I need to make any special changes to the NT user account or something?
(I do not know the Windows environment too well - use it by force, not 
choice)  :-)

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Re: Changing to another user in cygwin -- login?

[Jason Tishler]

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

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