"Pradeepkumar, Pyatalo (IE10)" <Pradeepkumar(dot)Pyatalo(at)honeywell(dot)com> writes:
> I get the following error.....
> createuser: could not connect to database template1: FATAL: could not open
> file "/usr/local/pgsql/data/global/1262": Permission denied
Looks like you started the postmaster as the wrong user (ie, not the
account that owns the database files).
regards, tom lane