If postmaster is really running, su the user who running postmaster (should not be root). and run the following two commands. $ initdb $ createuser anyuser According to your Linux distribution, initdb may have been performed. (my RedHat 6.0 scripts for postgres in rc.d/ directory runs initdb.) In this case you don't have to run initdb. On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Daniel Pider wrote: > login as the root and at the linux prompt # type following > =======example======= > ps aux | grep postmaster > ===================== > > then You should get few lines containig one looking like that, notice the text >"postmaster" at the end of line: > =====example=========== > postgres 345 0.0 2.9 3376 904 ? S 12:31 0:00 /usr/bin/postmaster - > ======================= > if not, then the backend server is not running - so it is not installed > > -----Original Message----- > From: Phil Oelkers [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 6:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [GENERAL] newbe question > > Ok I'm and old pro at SQL (DB2, Access) but a total Linux/Unix idiot. > > I have Mandrake RedHat Linux and think I have postgresql installed. > > At the shell I type > > psql template1 > > Linux complains > > connectDB() failed: Is postmaster running and accepting conections at > 'UNIX SOCKET' on port 5432 > > > Being a near complete Linux idiot I have no clue what this means. > > Anybody care to help? > > Thanks > > Phil Oelkers > Database Analyst - Team O > Experian DirectTech > > > > ************ > > > ************ > =============================================================================== Science is the game we play with God to find out what his rules are. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Doo Suk Yang Research Scientist Voice: 82-42-866-2222 LG Chemical Ltd. Research Park Biotech Research Institute I FAX: 82-42-861-2566 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. (Proverbs 18:2) =============================================================================== ************
