[NCLUG] postgres help (7.2.4)

[Evelyn Mitchell]

* On 2003-02-21 03:27 Erich <mojo_head at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Do I need to specify an external port at the postgres
> startup, like postgres -D -i -p <somePort> /usr/local/... 
> ?

Yes you need to specify -i for it to open up an Internet socket on the port
mentioned in the error message.

> 
> additionally, it appears I can create seperate users for
> the dbase.  Is this mandatory, or can I just create users
> locally on the machine, and configure to recognize these
> unames/pswd's ?

Postgres users are separate from system users.


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