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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/start.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/start.sgml index c40f76c8ce..3ae094b37c 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/start.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/start.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/start.sgml,v 1.37 2004/12/17 04:50:32 tgl Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/start.sgml,v 1.38 2005/01/08 01:44:08 tgl Exp $ --> <chapter id="tutorial-start"> @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/start.sgml,v 1.37 2004/12/17 04:50:32 tgl Exp $ <para> Possibly, your site administrator has already created a database for your use. He should have told you what the name of your - database is. In this case you can omit this step and skip ahead + database is. In that case you can omit this step and skip ahead to the next section. </para> @@ -194,8 +194,28 @@ No such file or directory </para> <para> - If you do not have the privileges required to create a database, - you will see the following: + Another response could be this: +<screen> +createdb: could not connect to database template1: FATAL: user "joe" does not +exist +</screen> + where your own login name is mentioned. This will happen if the + administrator has not created a <productname>PostgreSQL</> user account + for you. (<productname>PostgreSQL</> user accounts are distinct from + operating system user accounts.) If you are the administrator, see + <xref linkend="user-manag"> for help creating accounts. You will need to + become the operating system user under which <productname>PostgreSQL</> + was installed (usually <literal>postgres</>) to create the first user + account. It could also be that you were assigned a + <productname>PostgreSQL</> user name that is different from your + operating system user name; in that case you need to use the <option>-U</> + switch or set the <envar>PGUSER</> environment variable to specify your + <productname>PostgreSQL</> user name. + </para> + + <para> + If you have a user account but it does not have the privileges required to + create a database, you will see the following: <screen> createdb: database creation failed: ERROR: permission denied to create database </screen> @@ -340,10 +360,10 @@ mydb=# </para> <para> - If you have encountered problems starting <command>psql</command> + If you encounter problems starting <command>psql</command> then go back to the previous section. The diagnostics of - <command>psql</command> and <command>createdb</command> are - similar, and if the latter worked the former should work as well. + <command>createdb</command> and <command>psql</command> are + similar, and if the former worked the latter should work as well. </para> <para> |