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RE: Question on Starting Postgres for the first time

Alexander Dederer <dederer@spb.cityline.ru> — 2001-05-12T20:48:48Z

>  I can get into PostgreSQL using super user
> on root and then super user into postgres.  The problem is when I 
> try to run psql and createdb from my home directory.  When I do that, 
> I get the following messages.
Use first:
$ initdb -D /home/david/pg-data  # Only Example.