Cannot create database

From: Domagoj Cajic <dcajic(at)inet(dot)hr>
To: PostgreSql <pgsql-general(at)PostgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Cannot create database
Date: 2003-10-05 19:25:40
Message-ID: 1065381894.1070.8.camel@localhost.localdomain
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First i want to say that i just subscribed to this mailing list and this
is my first post. :)

im new to postgresql and i installed it recently on linux redhat 9
system following the instructions from administrators tutorial.

then i attempted to create "my first database" following the
instructions from tutorial, but i get this message:

[root(at)localhost root]# createdb mydb
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

can someone help me? whats wrong? i am logged in as root, just started
learning postgresql...

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