pg_restore error: role XXX does not exist

Question

Trying to replicate a database from one system to another. The versions involved are 9.5.0 (source) and 9.5.2 (target).

Source db name is foodb with owner

Answer 1

I realized the --no-owner is not the same as the -x. I added the -x to all pg_dump commands, which means:

-x, --no-privileges          do not dump privileges (grant/revoke)

which in effect excludes the offending GRANT/REVOKE commands from the dump. Problem resolved.