> 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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