On Dec 10, 2004, at 4:26 AM, Vikas Kumawat wrote:
> Dear Sir /Madam,
>
> We are working on Linux suse 9.0 and we have installed Postgres 7.3
> through yast with the privileges of "root" user. But we are not able
> to start / configure the postgres database, Kindly help us in
> configuring and starting the same database and how can we create
> database and use it. We will be very thankful to you prompt help.
>
> Thanks & Regards
> Vikas Kumawat
>
The postgres users should own the data directory, but otherwise should
not have administrative privileges. What is the specific error you are
getting?