Re: starting up database server + user postgres

From: Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>
To: Jennifer Liu <jennliu(at)MIT(dot)EDU>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: starting up database server + user postgres
Date: 2003-09-01 19:15:44
Message-ID: 20030901191544.GD1782@wolff.to
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On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 12:06:19 -0400,
Jennifer Liu <jennliu(at)MIT(dot)EDU> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm a novice for using Postgres and Linux - any help or suggestions would be really appreciated, thanks!!! I'm having trouble logging on as the postgres user. I wanted to
> create a database, so I tried...
>
> root# /usr/local/pgsql/bin/createdb test
> psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory
> Is the server running locally and accepting
> connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
> createdb: database creation failed

This suggests the postmaster hasn't been started.

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