John DeSoi <desoi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >/sw is just for Fink, so I would expect nothing to go there unless you are using Fink. Ah! Thanks, John. >Which package did you download from sourceforge? I notice there are several variations and some might only have the client tools. It looks like you want the "PostgreSQL Unified Installer". That's the one. >I downloaded the startup item package. It appears to install the server in /Library folder. Here is the startup line: >su -m postgres -c '/Library/PostgreSQL8/bin/pg_ctl start -D /Library/ PostgreSQL8/data -l /Library/PostgreSQL8/log/PostgreSQL8.log -o -i' Thanks again! You're quite right, I didn't think to look in /Library, but there it is! However, when I try that command of yours, I get a password query, but it doesn't accept my password. How do I find out the correct password for super-user? My account is admin, & I earlier created a postgres administrator account (because I was told that a postgres user already existed, even though it doesn't show up in the accounts. I tried running your command but preceded by sudo instead, but terminal said I had illegal option -m. Sorry that my questions are so basic, and thanks for any further help you may offer. Cheers! Joe
