| From: | "Andrew L(dot) Gould" <algould(at)datawok(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Dr(dot) Azmir" <drazmir(at)tm(dot)net(dot)my>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Cannot createdb |
| Date: | 2003-09-08 03:14:21 |
| Message-ID: | 200309072214.21135.algould@datawok.com |
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On Sunday 07 September 2003 05:59 am, Dr. Azmir wrote:
> Hi there I'm Dr. Azmir from Kuala Lumpur.
> I'm using RH 9.0 with postgresql intalled in it.
> My problem is I can't createuser and createdb with it.
> The error message "psql: FATAL: user "name" does not exist
> createdb: database creation failed"
>
> will pop up.
>
> Why?
>
> Kindly help me
>
> Thanks
Have you:
1. Executed "initdb" as user postgres successfully? (If you can't login as
postgres, login as root and su to postgres.)
2. Started the postmaster service?
3. As postgres, create a database user with createdb permissions?
Let us know,
Andrew L. Gould
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