Error_startup postgresql server - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Joana Camacho
Subject Error_startup postgresql server
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Msg-id 35c39af0912070554j86dfcedy3c4ee21776a88444@mail.gmail.com
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Responses Re: Error_startup postgresql server  (Raymond O'Donnell <rod@iol.ie>)
Re: Error_startup postgresql server  ("Daniel Verite" <daniel@manitou-mail.org>)
Re: Error_startup postgresql server  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Hi,

I'm using Postgresql 8.7.3 on Debian. I was trying to launch the postgresql server to create a simple user and a database, but I've got this output:

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jc:/usr/local/pgsql/data1# su - postgres
postgres@jc:~$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl start -l logfile -D /usr/local/pgsql/data1/data/
server starting
postgres@jc:~$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/createuser radius --no-superuser --no-createdb --no-createrole -P
Enter password for new role:
Enter it again:
createuser: could not connect to database postgres: 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"?
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I've search the web and seen some people saying to uncomment a line in the postgresql.conf file ("tcpip_socket = true") but I don't have this line! I'm not understanding what's wrong, why can't I create an user, supposedly the server is running..

Can someone tell me what am I doing wrong?

Thank you,
Joana Camacho.

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