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7.4 interactive docs.
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<!--
$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">
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<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>
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</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>
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</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>