Thread: setting up

Hi
Im new to postgres and I have just installed version 8.0.3. I used
darwinports on os x (10.4.2)... Having looked in the manual to start
the server:
$ postmaster -D /pgsql/data
Im not sure where i can find this data folder.... I have searched but
dont seem to have one...
Also, are there default accounts created and database as with mysql
root and test db?
Thanks
Eoghan

I don't know, OS x; on linux the local directory is  /usr/local/pgsql/data for 8.0 version, and used to be /var/lib/pgsql/data on older versions for linux redhat.

You should have the default superuser account postgres and the database template1 (don't change it, just login and create you own one)
I.E: psql template1 postgres    and, once logged,  create database myowndb;
Then you can use  psql myowndb postgres tp log on and start your adventure...


Hope this helps. bye

Roberto

eoghan wrote:

Hi
Im new to postgres and I have just installed version 8.0.3. I used  darwinports on os x (10.4.2)... Having looked in the manual to start  the server:
$ postmaster -D /pgsql/data
Im not sure where i can find this data folder.... I have searched but  dont seem to have one...
Also, are there default accounts created and database as with mysql  root and test db?
Thanks
Eoghan

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Thanks Roberto,
I found a dev aritcle at apple explaining it... you have to create
the dir... So ive done that and im all up and running.
Thanks
Eoghan

On 23 Jul 2005, at 18:54, Ropel wrote:

> I don't know, OS x; on linux the local directory is  /usr/local/
> pgsql/data for 8.0 version, and used to be /var/lib/pgsql/data on
> older versions for linux redhat.
>
> You should have the default superuser account postgres and the
> database template1 (don't change it, just login and create you own
> one)
> I.E: psql template1 postgres    and, once logged,  create database
> myowndb;
> Then you can use  psql myowndb postgres tp log on and start your
> adventure...
>
>
> Hope this helps. bye
>
> Roberto