Hello! I've installed Red Hat Linux in my PC. Along with the packages I installed Postgresql. I went through the documentation available and tried to create a database when I typed the following in the command prompt, createdb mydatabase the following error message was flashed: Connection to database 'mydatabase' failed. ConnectDB() failed: Is the postmaster running & accepting connections at 'UNIX socket' on port '5432'? further i went through the documentation that suggested to set the environment. But that also failed! Please help!! I would like to know how to set up the connection to the database and thereby create one. Awaiting your reply, -Maheswarry _____________________________________________________ Chat with your friends as soon as they come online. Get Rediff Bol at http://bol.rediff.com