* Eyinagho Newton
I did it as you said and it gave the underlisted result:
ok, but one copy of your email to the list is enough. I read the list.
newton@linux:~> su Password: linux:/home/newton # ps ax | grep postmaster 1077 pts/1 S 0:00 grep postmaster
Is this an indication that the postmaster is properly installed and running?
no, it says that you ran 'grep' looking for 'postmaster'. It does not indicate that 'postmaster' is running.
newton@linux:~> createdb mydb psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory Is the server running locally and accepting connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"? createdb: database creation failed
postgres server is not running. You cannot create a db without the postgres server running and you be connected to it. Please trim your posts. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/photos