On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, Kurt Buff wrote:
> All,
>
> I'm following this howto:
> http://www.howtoforge.com/virtual_hosting_vsftpd_postgresql_freebsd
>
> and can't get past setting up the database.
>
> I've installed postgres, and it starts successfully after an initdb
> [1], but I come to a full stop after the following commands:
>
> it-kbuff-fbsd# su - pgsql
> $ psql system
> psql: FATAL: database "system" does not exist
>
> Huh? Is it a problem with the howto, or a mismatch between the howto
> and version of postgres I'm using, or am I performing a newb stunt?
Actually, I'm not seeing anything in the howto that actually creates the
database they have you trying to connect to. Perhaps doing a
createdb system
after the su but before the psql?
