Re: non-root installation of Postgresql?

Aarni Ruuhimäki / Megative Tmi / KYMI.com writes:
 : Hi !

Hi!

 :
 : Did you start postmaster with -i switch ?

I just tried it with -i and it still has the same error.

I dont want it messing around with /var as I am not root.


 :
 : BR, aarni
 :
 :
 :
 : On Thursday 02 May 2002 03:34 pm, you wrote:
 : > Hi, I used ./configure --prefix=/home/metaperl/install/pgsql to
 : > install postgres and then I did initdb and createdb and started the
 : > postmaster just fine.
 : >
 : > However, attempting to connect via psql is failing with this error
 : > message:
 : >
 : > urth:~/install/pgsql> ./bin/psql test metaperl
 : > psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory
 : >     Is the server running locally and accepting
 : >     connections on Unix domain socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
 : > urth:~/install/pgsql>
 : > urth:~/install/pgsql>
 : >
 : > I looked around for a way to force sockets to be created in /tmp or in
 : > my home directory but saw nothing in the manual.
 : >
 : >
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