Re: could not open file "global/pg_database"

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Sylvain Brohee <sylvain(at)scmbb(dot)ulb(dot)ac(dot)be>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: could not open file "global/pg_database"
Date: 2007-10-18 16:25:37
Message-ID: 20071018162537.GF29379@alvh.no-ip.org
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Sylvain Brohee wrote:

> If I try create a database
>
> createdb testdb
>
> createdb: could not connect to database postgres: FATAL:  could not open
> file "global/pg_database": No such file or directory

That's pretty strange. Is there a global/pg_database file in $PGDATA?
Who's the owner?

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