Createuser: could not connect to database postgres: FATAL: role “tom” does not exist

Question

I\'m trying to set up Postgres for the first time, and I need to create a user with permissions to read and create databases. However, when I use:

createuser          


        

Answer 1

I had the same issue, i just do this

sudo su - postgres

createuser odoo -U postgres -dRSP #P for password (odoo or user name that you want o give the postgres access)