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Tran Anh Tu wrote:

....
> When I start postgresql by the command:
> /etc/init.d/postgresql start
> then I type with user root:
> createdb demo
> Have a error message:
> user "root" does not exist
> What does this mean? please help me, thank you very much.

After install PG and run it, you have to su postgres, and then
..$createuser xxxx
password: xxxx
best you choose your 'normal'user-account (name), pw can be another.
This PG-user has root-privilege on PG. Then you can adduser or create
DBs as normal user. To start/stop PG, use
root# /etc/init.d/postgresql [start/stop/restart...]

>>Tran Anh Tu wrote:
>>
>>>But when I stop it and switch to user: postgres, and start it with
>>>command: postmaster -i then it does not working because It don't know
>>>where the database is placed. A error message:
>>>
>>>postmaster does not know where to find the database system data.
>>>Please help me!
>>
>>tran(at)tux$su -
>>password:xxx
>>root#su postgres
>>tux:/root$ whoami
>>postgres
>>tux:/root$ cd
>>tux$pwd
>>/var/lib/postgres
>>tux$ls -al
>>does this help?
>>
>>greetings,
>>Gerd

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