On 19 July 2017 at 20:12, vstuart <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi David: I see what you are saying; sorry for the confusion. This is how > postgres operates on my system: > > [victoria@victoria ~]$ echo $HOME > /home/victoria > > [victoria@victoria ~]$ which postgres > /usr/bin/postgres > > [victoria@victoria ~]$ 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. > > [victoria@victoria ~]$ psql > psql: FATAL: database "victoria" does not exist By default, psql will attempt to connect to a database named after the operating system user you are connected as. It will also use that as the database user name. As you don't have a database of the same name as your user account, you will need to specify it: psql -d <databasename> -U <username> Thom -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
