got it to work. don't know what problem was. played with 'chown' and
realized i could do initdb more than once to have different data
areas.
may have been a mistype of path.
no problem, now.
i still don't know where postmaster log is.
rdacker@pacbell.net (rdack) wrote in message news:<644f6688.0109060901.2962b5cf@posting.google.com>...
> i got it installed once and created a db ok, then deleted it and tried to reinstall.
> now when i try to run psql i get:
> psql: Missing or erroneous pg_hba.conf file, see postmaster log for details
>
> should there be a pg_hba.conf file? i see a sample file in /share?
> this is totally local setup.
> where is 'postmaster log'?