Hi,
it seems i installed postgres correctly using the setup tool YaST. only i can't login. if i try as 'su - postgres' it asks me for a paasword i don't know. 'adduser' is not understood. somewhere i read the default user of psql be the linux user with his password. can i still believe that? i guess i'm far from solutions. i love mysql. does anybody have answers or knows a howto? i guess it's a SuSE specific thing. postgres.org won't help me. many thanks in advance
jens

PostgreSQl has the command:

createuser

available at the command line. You can also login as root and then:

su postgres

to create new users using SQL commands. You will need to type:

psql

at the command line to open up the postgres client in order to enter your SQL commands.

There are a couple of recent books on PostgreSQL that do an excellent job of explaining how to install and administer your database. I just finished reading PostgreSQL this past week, and I highly recommend it. The book assumes that you know nothing about databases and walks you from the simple concepts to the most complex.

thank you, it's running now. guess, i'll get myself the book you recommended javascript:smilie('')
cheers jens