Am Sonntag, den 29.01.2006, 20:20 +0000 schrieb Paul Smith: > > $ postgres > postgres does not know where to find the server configuration file. > You must specify the --config-file or -D invocation option or set the > PGDATA environment variable. > $ > > I guess I have not configured the server. How can I do that? Or where > can I find appropriate documentation? > > Paul > You asked for a well documented dbms, right? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/index.html What RPMs have you installed? Did you use yum and fc-repos? To start|stop the backend as root: # service postgresql start|stop Start|Stop when booting in runlevel 5: # chkconfig --level 5 postgresql on|off To start as postgres % export PGDATA=/var/lib/pgsql/data % pg_ctl start 1> /var/lib/pgsql/postmaster.log 2>&1 & In homedir of postgres you will find a logfile from the initdb. Have a look, it tells you how to start To stop as postgres % pg_ctl stop -w See pg_ctl --help To connect to backend there is a nice command: % psql template1 See psql --help HTH Thomas
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