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@@ -5,6 +5,35 @@ your Nominatim database. It is assumed that you have already successfully
 installed the Nominatim software itself, if not return to the 
 [installation page](Installation.md).
 
+## Importing with a database user without superuser rights
+
+Nominatim usually creates its own PostgreSQL database at the beginning of the
+import process. This makes usage easier for the user but means that the
+database user doing the import needs the appropriate rights.
+
+If you prefer to run the import with a database user with limited rights,
+you can do so by changing the import process as follows:
+
+1. Run the command for database preparation with a database user with
+   superuser rights. For example, to use a db user 'dbadmin' for a
+   database 'nominatim', execute:
+
+   ```
+   NOMINATIM_DATABASE_DSN="pgsql:dbname=nominatim;user=dbadmin" nominatim import --prepare-database
+   ```
+
+2. Grant the import user the right to create tables. For example, foe user 'import-user':
+
+   ```
+   psql -d nominatim -c 'GRANT CREATE ON SCHEMA public TO "import-user"'
+   ```
+
+3. Now run the reminder of the import with the import user:
+
+   ```
+   NOMINATIM_DATABASE_DSN="pgsql:dbname=nominatim;user=import-user" nominatim import --continue import-from-file --osm-file file.pbf
+   ```
+
 ## Importing multiple regions (without updates)
 
 To import multiple regions in your database you can simply give multiple
@@ -36,16 +65,15 @@ which has the following structure:
 
 ```bash
 update
-    ├── europe
-    │   ├── andorra
-    │   │   └── sequence.state
-    │   └── monaco
-    │       └── sequence.state
-    └── tmp
-        └── europe
-                ├── andorra-latest.osm.pbf
-                └── monaco-latest.osm.pbf
-
+ ├── europe
+ │    ├── andorra
+ │    │    └── sequence.state
+ │    └── monaco
+ │         └── sequence.state
+ └── tmp
+      └── europe
+           ├── andorra-latest.osm.pbf
+           └── monaco-latest.osm.pbf
 
 ```
 
@@ -99,7 +127,7 @@ Change into the project directory and run the following command:
 
 This will get diffs from the replication server, import diffs and index
 the database. The default replication server in the
-script([Geofabrik](https://download.geofabrik.de)) provides daily updates.
+script ([Geofabrik](https://download.geofabrik.de)) provides daily updates.
 
 ## Using an external PostgreSQL database
 
@@ -166,7 +194,7 @@ On the client side you now need to configure the import to point to the
 correct location of the library **on the database server**. Add the following
 line to your your `.env` file:
 
-```php
+```
 NOMINATIM_DATABASE_MODULE_PATH="<directory on the database server where nominatim.so resides>"
 ```
 
@@ -211,6 +239,6 @@ If you are using the legacy tokenizer you might also have to switch to the
 PostgreSQL module that was compiled on your target machine. If you get errors
 that PostgreSQL cannot find or access `nominatim.so` then rerun
 
-   nominatim refresh --functions
+    nominatim refresh --functions
 
 on the target machine to update the the location of the module.