Thread: Initalizing PostgreSQL Database
I'm getting the following error message when I try to create a user or database
on postgresql 7.2.2 on Freebsd 4.7, I installed it from the ports directory but
I'm stumped when I got the following error message. When I do a
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/010.pgsql.sh start all I get is this:
freebsd# sh 010.pgsql.sh start
pgsqlfreebsd#
$ createdb test1
psql: 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"?
createdb: database creation failed
On Monday 15 September 2003 15:10, KG wrote: > I'm getting the following error message when I try to create a user or > database on postgresql 7.2.2 on Freebsd 4.7, I installed it from the ports > directory but I'm stumped when I got the following error message. When I do I don't know anything about the BSDs but 7.2.4 was the last of the 7.2 series - upgrade if at all possible. > $ createdb test1 > psql: 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"? > createdb: database creation failed Does a "ps" show anything running (postmaster)? I'm guessing not, since it can't find the socket. Have you run "initdb"? You need to do this to initialise the system, create required files etc. I don't know if your startup script does this for you. Is the "postgres" or "pgsql" (or whatever) user setup, does it have permission to access your target data/base directory? -- Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd
KG <lists@i2iwebsolutions.com> writes:
> I'm stumped when I got the following error message. When I do a
> /usr/local/etc/rc.d/010.pgsql.sh start all I get is this:
> freebsd# sh 010.pgsql.sh start
> pgsqlfreebsd#
There are a lot of shoddy start scripts running around :-(. Yours is
probably dumping the postmaster's stderr output to /dev/null, so
whatever error message it puts out about being unable to start is
just vanishing. Or, if you're lucky, stderr is being sent to a logfile
you can look at. I'd suggest modifying the script if necessary so that
you can see what the postmaster is complaining about.
regards, tom lane
Quoting Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>: > On Monday 15 September 2003 15:10, KG wrote: > > I'm getting the following error message when I try to create a user or > > database on postgresql 7.2.2 on Freebsd 4.7, I installed it from the ports > > directory but I'm stumped when I got the following error message. When I > do > > I don't know anything about the BSDs but 7.2.4 was the last of the 7.2 series > > - upgrade if at all possible. > > > $ createdb test1 > > psql: 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"? > > createdb: database creation failed > > Does a "ps" show anything running (postmaster)? I'm guessing not, since it > can't find the socket. > Have you run "initdb"? You need to do this to initialise the system, create > required files etc. I don't know if your startup script does this for you. > Is the "postgres" or "pgsql" (or whatever) user setup, does it have > permission > to access your target data/base directory? > > -- > Richard Huxton > Archonet Ltd Thanks I figured it out. I went to the /usr/local/pgsql directory and ran initdb. All is well now. Kevin > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@postgresql.org) >
>>>>> "TL" == Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes: TL> KG <lists@i2iwebsolutions.com> writes: >> I'm stumped when I got the following error message. When I do a >> /usr/local/etc/rc.d/010.pgsql.sh start all I get is this: >> freebsd# sh 010.pgsql.sh start >> pgsqlfreebsd# TL> There are a lot of shoddy start scripts running around :-(. Yours is TL> probably dumping the postmaster's stderr output to /dev/null, so TL> whatever error message it puts out about being unable to start is The one in the FreeBSD port doesn't fall into that category... look in /var/log/postgres.log or something similar to that name. Looks like he never ran initdb... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Vivek Khera, Ph.D. Khera Communications, Inc. Internet: khera@kciLink.com Rockville, MD +1-240-453-8497 AIM: vivekkhera Y!: vivek_khera http://www.khera.org/~vivek/