Hi, I Had the same problem but after two weeks of trying i found an Postgres error-log stating that Postgres had found a file /tmp/.s.(something).(port) (also could be in /tmp/run but i can't remember). remove this file and re-init. It worked for me. Vincent de Lau vincent@delau.demon.nl -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: millerd <millerd@bconnex.net> Aan: suse-linux-e@suse.com <suse-linux-e@suse.com> Datum: zondag 3 januari 1999 19:14 Onderwerp: [SuSE Linux] postgres starup

When trying to start up postgres for the first time (using the suse support data base PostgresSQL: First steps as a guide)

"rcpostgres start

su -postgres

createuser denis "

or I also tried

"creatuser root"

I get the following error message:

connection to database 'template1' failed. connectDB() failed: is the postmaster running and accepting connections at 'UNIX SOCKET' on port '5432'? createuser: database access failed

Can anyone help me out here?

Thanks

Denis Miller

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