On May 3, 2011, at 17:43, Mark Hattam wrote: > I had to create a new user account for postgres on the machine (as you say in "Accounts") You do not need to create a user; the postgresql90-server port has already created the user "postgres" for you. https://trac.macports.org/browser/trunk/dports/databases/postgresql90-server/Portfile?rev=78092#L38