Re: problems with debian testing install or documentation

john.tiger wrote
> 4) su - postgres
> > password --> submitted old one, worked
> $ psql
>
> psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory
> Is the server running locally and accepting
> connections on Unix domain socket
> "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
>
> tried to start server: sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql
>
> sudo] password for postgres: xxxxxx
> postgres is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
>
> 5) checked wiki.debian.org/postgresql - no help
>
> any ideas ?

Don't run sudo when you have su'd to postgres. The Postgres user created
during install is not given sudo privileges. You have to use your
main/admin user.

See this

http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Apt

For the most recent instructions for Debian/Ubuntu via PPA

Quick notes:

These packages allow the various PostgreSQL versions to play well together.

They provide cluster management tools. Two of the most useful are:

pg_lsclusters
pg_ctlcluster

Files go into {base}/{version}/{name} directories which is why they play
well together. A cluster is the combination of version-name

David J.

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