When trying to start up postgres for the first time (using the suse support data base PostgresSQL: First steps as a guide) "rcpostgres start u -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 - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>