On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 1:34 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com> wrote:
> On 06/22/2017 01:29 PM, Jeff Janes wrote: > >> On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 1:22 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com >> <mailto:adrian.kla...@aklaver.com>> wrote: >> >> On 06/22/2017 01:13 PM, Jeff Janes wrote: >> >> >> >> But he is seeing the message when he starts the database, not when he >> does initdb of it. >> > > Hmm, on my machine: > > > /usr/local/pgsql10/bin/pg_ctl -D pg100/ -l logfile start > waiting for server to start.... done > server started > But look inside "logfile". > > /usr/local/pgsql10/bin/psql -d postgres -U aklaver -p 5472 > psql (10beta1) > Type "help" for help. > > postgres=# \du > Right, the database starts. pg_ctl just can't prove it started, because it doesn't know how to connect to it. Cheers, Jeff
