Re: Postgresql installation problem

To initialize the database, the database user must
have the proper permissions to create the database
directories you've mentioned (pgsql, pgsql/data).

Assuming the following:
Database User: postgres
Databsase User's group: database
Database directory: /var/lib/pgsql/data

1. Read the online documentation for your version at
http://www.us.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/

2. As root:
create the group database in /etc/group
create the user postgres
mkdir -p /var/lib/pgsql/data
chown -R postgres.database /var/lib/pgsql/

3. Login as postgres and:
add the next 2 lines to postgres' .profile
PGDATA=/var/lib/pgsql/data
export $PGDATA
execute the following from the command line:
initdb -D /var/lib/pgsql/data
postmaster -D /var/lib/pgsql/data &

I think this should do it. If I forgot anything, I'm
sure someone will correct me! ;-)

Best of luck,

Andrew Gould

--- Pierre-Alexis Paquin <papaquin(at)i2m(dot)fr> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have installed a 7.1.3 postgresql version on my
> linux server. (RedHat 7.2)
>
> When I type "createuser xxxxxxxx" it asks me :
> Shall the new user allowed to create databases
> (y/n)?
>
> Shall the new user allowed to
> create more new user (y/n)?
>
> I answer yes to the both questions and then a bug
> report said :
> " psql : connetDbstart() -- connect() failed -
> no such file or directory
> Is the postmaster running locally and accepting
> connections on Unix socket :'/tmp/.s.PSQL.5432'
> createuser : creation of user 'xxxxxxx' failed.
>
> I already had answers to this but I am a newbie in
> linux, so i didn't understand what i have to do
> exactly to resolve this problem.
>
> Someone wrote me :
> 1. Did you initialized your database with initdb ?
> 2. Have you started Postgres with postmaster -i or
> pg_ctl start ?
> 3. Have you modified parameters in
> $PGDATA/postgresql.conf file ?
> Follow your answers, you have solved your problem
>
> 1.When i type initdb it said me that it's not
> possible to create specific directories (pgsql and
> data)
> 2. How am I supposed to use the postmaster or pg_ctl
> ??
> 3. The installation is not complete so i haven't a
> postgresql.conf file ....
>
> Thanks for your help.
> Pierre-Alexis
>

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