Re: Createdb fails

Take a look at the pg_hba.conf file. You probably need to make some
adjustments to permissions here. Read the file in it's entirety. It's
well documented, and though boring, it does provide good information.

-Ken

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""Stephen Rasku"" <srasku(at)tantalus-systems(dot)com> wrote in message
news:000001c3f251$331d3210$4e01010a(at)tantalussystems(dot)com(dot)(dot)(dot)
> I am trying to use PostgreSQL 7.2.1 on QNX 6.2.0. This version is
> available as a third party package from QNX.
>
> After installing the package, I am trying to initialize the database as
> described in the Administrator Manual.
>
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.2/interactive/installation.html#INSTALL
> -SHORT
>
> I started postmaster using the following command:
>
> postmaster -D /var/postgres/data >>logfile 2>&1 &
>
> I have verified that postmaster is running by using "ps".
>
> I then try to create a database using the following command:
>
> createdb test
>
> and I get the following error:
>
> psql: could not connect to server: Connection refused
> Is the server running locally and accepting
> connections on Unix domain socket ""?
> createdb: database creation failed
>
> The odd thing that I notice is that the socket is null (i.e. ""). Is
> this expected? Anyone know what I am doing wrong?
>
> ...Stephen
>
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