Re: createdb: could not connect to database

Hi,

On Sat, 2006-02-04 at 17:34 +0000, Paul Smith wrote:

> I have just installed postgres 8.1.2 on a computer running Fedora Core
> 4 with the rpms got from postgres site. However, I get the following:
>
>
> $ createdb mydb
> createdb: could not connect to database postgres: 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"?
> $
>
> Any idea about how to overcome the problem?

Did you start postgresql service?

# service postgresql start

Regards,
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