Re: non-root installation of Postgresql?

Aarni Ruuhimäki / Megative Tmi / KYMI.com writes:
: Hi !

Hi!

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: Did you start postmaster with -i switch ?

I just tried it with -i and it still has the same error.

I dont want it messing around with /var as I am not root.

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: BR, aarni
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: On Thursday 02 May 2002 03:34 pm, you wrote:
: > Hi, I used ./configure --prefix=/home/metaperl/install/pgsql to
: > install postgres and then I did initdb and createdb and started the
: > postmaster just fine.
: >
: > However, attempting to connect via psql is failing with this error
: > message:
: >
: > urth:~/install/pgsql> ./bin/psql test metaperl
: > 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"?
: > urth:~/install/pgsql>
: > urth:~/install/pgsql>
: >
: > I looked around for a way to force sockets to be created in /tmp or in
: > my home directory but saw nothing in the manual.
: >
: >
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