Re: FreeBSD 7.1 Release, Postgres v8.3.7 and confusion on a howto

Hello Kurt,

It looks like the howto is assuming that you've made a database/have a
database called "system".

Looking over your initdb command....it looks like you have a template1
database and trust authentication for local connections.

Based on that, I'd recommend you try this command:

psql template1

 From there, if you can connect, you should be able to create the howto
mentioned "system" database (or whatever you choose), connect to that
database, and continue onward with the howto. =)

Lacey
> All,
>
> I'm following this howto:
>      http://www.howtoforge.com/virtual_hosting_vsftpd_postgresql_freebsd
>
> and can't get past setting up the database.
>
> I've installed postgres, and it starts successfully after an initdb
> [1], but I come to a full stop after the following commands:
>
>      it-kbuff-fbsd# su - pgsql
>      $ psql system
>      psql: FATAL:  database "system" does not exist
>
> Huh? Is it a problem with the howto, or a mismatch between the howto
> and version of postgres I'm using, or am I performing a newb stunt?
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kurt
>
>
> [1] Results from initdb
> it-kbuff-fbsd# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/postgresql initdb
> The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user "pgsql".
> This user must also own the server process.
>
> The database cluster will be initialized with locale C.
> The default text search configuration will be set to "english".
>
> fixing permissions on existing directory /usr/local/pgsql/data ... ok
> creating subdirectories ... ok
> selecting default max_connections ... 40
> selecting default shared_buffers/max_fsm_pages ... 28MB/179200
> creating configuration files ... ok
> creating template1 database in /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/1 ... ok
> initializing pg_authid ... ok
> initializing dependencies ... ok
> creating system views ... ok
> loading system objects' descriptions ... ok
> creating conversions ... ok
> creating dictionaries ... ok
> setting privileges on built-in objects ... ok
> creating information schema ... ok
> vacuuming database template1 ... ok
> copying template1 to template0 ... ok
> copying template1 to postgres ... ok
>
> WARNING: enabling "trust" authentication for local connections
> You can change this by editing pg_hba.conf or using the -A option the
> next time you run initdb.
>
> Success. You can now start the database server using:
>
>     /usr/local/bin/postgres -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
> or
>     /usr/local/bin/pg_ctl -D /usr/local/pgsql/data -l logfile start
>
>


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