Re:

lee writes:

> bash-2.05$ /usr/bin/postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
>
> which worked but ( I forgot to use -i for interactive which I guess I
> need???? )

That's not what -i is, and no, you don't need it in your case.

> then do I start another shell and type createdb mydatabase
> ???....

That's a valid possibility.

> if I try to su postgres from a new shell it asks for password
> which i've no clue what it is....what does it default to or am I doing
> this part wrong

That depends on how you set up your "postgres" user account. This doesn't
have a whole lot to do with PostgreSQL's side of things.

> and should be issueing the createdb from same shell I
> issues the /usr/bin/postmaster command from ? :)

It doesn't matter.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net