Not long ago, Carsten Huettl proclaimed...
> the problems continue:
>
>
> bash-2.03$ createdb mydb1
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> Connection to database 'template1' failed.
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> Missing or mis-configured pg_hba.conf file
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> createdb: database creation failed on mydb1.
Sounds like you did not run the 'initdb' program as the Postgres superuser.
Do this before starting up the postmaster for the first time.
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