[postgis-users] How to start the postgres service without root privilege

[Tiger Wings]

I did so.
But when execute psql, an error occurs:
database "tiger" does not exist.

Thank you.

T. W. 
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 09:58:09 +0100, strk at refractions.net
<strk at refractions.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 08:26:16PM -0600, Tiger Wings wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I built postgresql 8.0 from the source code under Linux.
> > But I don't have root right on the system.
> > How can start the db server from my own directory?
> > Thanks a lot.
> 
> Install under your homedir,
> Specify an arbitrary port not clashing with other running procs
> above 1024, and a datadir again under your home.
> 
> $HOME/pgsql/bin/initdb #initialize the database
> $HOME/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl start # start the postmaster
> $HOME/pgsql/bin/psql # connect
> 
> --strk;
> 
> >
> >
> > Cheers
> > T.W.
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