THis is how it starts on my 2.1.3 system.
SOMETHING HAS CHANGED between UnixWare 7.1.0 and 2.1.3 and 6.5.3
Since I'm not the only one seeing this, I suspect it is the
code and the interaction of the OS.
Larry
Robert J. Sprawls wrote:
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>
> On Sun, 14 Nov 1999, Larry Rosenman wrote:
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> > Here ya go:
> >
> > $ su - postmaster
> > UX:su: ERROR: Unknown user id: postmaster
> > $ su - postgres
> > Password:
> >
> > $ postmaster -i &
> > [1] 18803
> > $ psql
> > No pg_hba.conf entry for host localhost, user postgres, database postgres
> > Connection to database 'postgres' failed.
> > No pg_hba.conf entry for host localhost, user postgres, database postgres
>
> Ya need a few more options in there. Here is how I have mine startup on
> Slackware Linux:
>
> # Start up the PostgreSQL postmaster
> echo "Starting postmaster..."
> su postgres -c "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -i -S -D /usr/local/pgsql/data"
>
> Also, did you define the environment variable PGDATA and the others?
>
> Robert
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