Re: Raw Newbie: Can't start PGSQL

What did the postmaster give you when you tried to start it?
BTW: You'll probably be alot happier if you just upgraded to
7.0.x (6.3.2 is basically three versions out of date) or waited
for 7.1.

Stephan Szabo
sszabo@bigpanda.com

On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, Conrad Richter wrote:

> I am trying to get postgresql working on a Redhat 5.2 system.  Postgresql
> was loaded when the OS was installed on this machine last year, but not
> until now are we trying to use Postgresql.  I think the version is 6.3.2.
>
> After creating a database using the initdb command, I am unable to create
> any users.  For example, when
>
> createuser root
>
> is issued (while logged in as postgres), I get
>
> Connection to database 'template1' failed.
> connectDB() failed: Is the postmaster running and accepting connections at
> 'UNIX Socket' on port '5432'?
> createuser: database access failed.
>
> I haven't a clue what to do next.  There is no postmaster daemon running
> when I checked.  I fiddled a bit trying to get postmaster running without
> success.
>
> Can anyone point me in the right direction?  Thanks.
>
> Conrad Richter
>