# Role "yugabyte" does not exist

**URL:** <https://forum.yugabyte.com/t/role-yugabyte-does-not-exist/1918>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [December 19, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.yugabyte.com/t/role-yugabyte-does-not-exist/1918 "2022-12-19T21:51:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![sunil\_bhutani](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.yugabyte.com/sunil_bhutani/32/592_2.png) [@sunil\_bhutani](https://forum.yugabyte.com/u/sunil_bhutani)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.yugabyte.com/t/role-yugabyte-does-not-exist/1918/1 "2022-12-19T21:51:24Z")

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After installing and starting YugabyteDB on my MacBook, when I am trying to connect to server, I am getting below error

$./bin/ysqlsh  
ysqlsh: FATAL: role “yugabyte” does not exist

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**Author:** ![dorian\_yugabyte](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.yugabyte.com/dorian_yugabyte/32/206_2.png) [@dorian\_yugabyte](https://forum.yugabyte.com/u/dorian_yugabyte)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.yugabyte.com/t/role-yugabyte-does-not-exist/1918/2 "2022-12-20T09:31:17Z")

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@sunil_bhutani

How did you install the db?

Also, can you try closing the db and trying `./bin/ysqlsh` again?

Reason I’m asking is because I’ve seen cases where users have multiple local PostgreSQL clusters.  
The first one takes 5432, but the 2nd one takes 5433, clashing with yugabytedb.  
Thus ./bin/ysqlsh may be trying to connect to PostgreSQL instead of yugabytedb.