Re: [GENERAL] initdb in 6.5 not creating 'postgres' db

From: "John M(dot) Flinchbaugh" <glynis(at)butterfly(dot)hjsoft(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] initdb in 6.5 not creating 'postgres' db
Date: 1999-06-16 15:56:48
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.10.9906161155230.28406-100000@butterfly.hjsoft.com
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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.

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