Thats what I thought but when I tried to run the backend to test it with postmaster -i It complained that the database 'postgres' didnt exist... I know., use postmaster -i template1 I suppose? thanks Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: John M. Flinchbaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 17 June 1999 1:56 Subject: Re: [GENERAL] initdb in 6.5 not creating 'postgres' db > On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Robert Chalmers wrote: > > Just installed 6.5, all seems well, but it wont start - claims initdb didn't > > creat the database 'postgres' ... > > whats happening here ? > > initdb only creates `template1'. you have to `createdb postgres' for > yourself if you even want the postgres user to have it's own personal > database. > > ____________________}John Flinchbaugh{______________________ > | -> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <- [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.hjsoft.com/~glynis/ | > ~~Powered by Linux: Reboots are for hardware upgrades only~~ > > >