"Faqir, Tahir" wrote:
> running the postmaster gives me the following error:
>
> [faqir@picard faqir]$ postmaster
> /usr/bin/postmaster does not find the database system. Expected to find it
> in t
> he PGDATA directory "/usr/lib/pgsql", but unable to open file with pathname
> "/usr/lib/pgsql/base/template1/pg_class".
>
> No data directory -- can't proceed.
Did you run initdb? --> See INSTALL readme
18. Create the database installation from your
Postgres superuser account (typically account
postgres). Do not do the following as root! This
would be a major security hole. Type
$ initdb
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