hi i have sucessfully installed postgresql. now while creating database it gives the following error. i'm running pgsqlserver on localhost.
i give the command createdb -D /usr/local/share/data/data $ createdb -D /usr/local/share/data/data psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory Is the server running locally and accepting connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"? createdb: database creation failed similar problem is there when i create user. $ createuser saurabh with password 'saurabh'; Shall the new user be allowed to create databases? (y/n) y Shall the new user be allowed to create more new users? (y/n) y psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory Is the server running locally and accepting connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"? createuser: creation of user "saurabh" failed can u help me please? thnx in advance. regards, saurabh garg ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org