Thread: Re: connection problem (newbie question)

Re: connection problem (newbie question)

From
Ezra
Date:

Ezra Taylor wrote:

> Hello Paul:
> What user are you using. Remember, you have a brand new install and
> haven't created any users yet, except for the superuser(postgres). Try
> connecting as the postgres(superuser).
>
>

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Re: connection problem (newbie question)

From
dima
Date:
>> Hello Paul:
>> What user are you using. Remember, you have a brand new install and
>> haven't created any users yet, except for the superuser(postgres). Try
>> connecting as the postgres(superuser).

btw, are you trying to start postmaster as root? it seems that there's a
bug in postgresql: it says it started successfully when you start it as
root, but it doesn't start. start it as pgsql (freebsd) or postgres (linux)