| From: | The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> |
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| To: | "John M(dot) Flinchbaugh" <glynis(at)butterfly(dot)hjsoft(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] initdb in 6.5 not creating 'postgres' db |
| Date: | 1999-06-16 16:11:23 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.BSF.4.05.9906161310550.49155-100000@thelab.hub.org |
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On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, John M. Flinchbaugh wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Robert Chalmers wrote:
> > Just installed 6.5, all seems well, but it wont start - claims initdb didn't
> > creat the database 'postgres' ...
> > whats happening here ?
>
> initdb only creates `template1'. you have to `createdb postgres' for
> yourself if you even want the postgres user to have it's own personal
> database.
So, just to elaborate on the problem report to start with, the problem is
starting up the back and just typing 'psql', vs 'psql template1'?
Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
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