Hi. I wqanna run a little Database on my box, just for learning. Ive installed postgres and I can use it whene logged in as postgres but whene Im logged in as myself and try to start the template database with psql template1 I get the error message Connection to database 'template1' failed FATAL1: SetUserId: user ola not in "pg_shadow" Im clueless. ps. I havnt altered the pg_hba.conf file. should I? Ola A - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>