Re: Cannot createdb

> Hi there I'm Dr. Azmir from Kuala Lumpur.
>   I'm using RH 9.0 with postgresql intalled in it.
> My problem is I can't createuser and createdb with it.
> The error message      "psql: FATAL:  user "name" does not exist
>                          createdb: database creation failed"

You should create database as postgres user

Do the following steps
Start the postmaster before creating the database

# useradd postgres
# su - postgres
$ createdb <database name>
CREATE DATABASE
$

thanks
--mathan


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