Re: Raw Newbie: Can't start PGSQL

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7.0.x (6.3.2 is basically three versions out of date) or waited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(at)bigpanda(dot)com

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
>