Re: FreeBSD 7.1 Release, Postgres v8.3.7 and confusion on a howto

On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, Kurt Buff wrote:

> All,
>
> I'm following this howto:
>      http://www.howtoforge.com/virtual_hosting_vsftpd_postgresql_freebsd
>
> and can't get past setting up the database.
>
> I've installed postgres, and it starts successfully after an initdb
> [1], but I come to a full stop after the following commands:
>
>      it-kbuff-fbsd# su - pgsql
>      $ psql system
>      psql: FATAL:  database "system" does not exist
>
> Huh? Is it a problem with the howto, or a mismatch between the howto
> and version of postgres I'm using, or am I performing a newb stunt?

Actually, I'm not seeing anything in the howto that actually creates the
database they have you trying to connect to. Perhaps doing a
 createdb system
after the su but before the psql?