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Students enrolled in CIS*2750 or later have access to a Postgres database. The database name is the same as your Central Login Username. Students are unable to create additional databases, but can create tables as needed within their provided database.

Connecting to the

Depending on which machine you are connecting from, you may be presented with the below error message when you try to connect to the Postgres server.

psql: GSSAPI continuation error: Unspecified GSS failure.  Minor code may provide more information
GSSAPI continuation error: No Kerberos credentials available (default cache: FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_0000)

If you receive that message, from a terminal enter the following command

kinit

You will be prompted to enter your Central Login Password. Once you have done so you can then attempt to connect to the database server.