Re: Raw Newbie: Can't start PGSQL

On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, Stephan Szabo wrote:

> 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 7.0.x (6.3.2 is basically three versions out of date) or waited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

I tried running postmaster again, this time with the -S option, and I was
able to get the database to work.  I guess I was confused by the "5432
port" which I that might have been disabled on this system (a lot of
services have been turned off for security reasons).  I was looking
everywhere else for clues.

Thanks for the hint; it was just what I needed.

Yes, I intend to upgrade.  At this stage I jsut want to develop some
competence with some test data.  Once I can see my way through this
project, I will upgrade.

Conrad Richter


> 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
> >
>

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