running msfconsole from /pentest/exploits/framework3 is diff than running globally?

[MacR6]

Okay, so I have been doing some testing with Backtrack 5. So I have been reading that msf comes with postgresql installed and running. Now, when I run it globally(not from /pentest/exploits/framework3) it allows me to db_driver postgresql, but when I try to attach or create a new database with db_connect it tells me that postgresql is not running on port 5432.

When I run /pentest/exploits/framework3/msfconsole and try to do a db_driver postgresql it says that I have to install postgresql. Why are these different? Has anyone run into this.

What I also found out is that postgresql is running on 7175 and when I run msfgui and attach to the database on 7175 with armitage it will attach to the database.

On previous testings of BT5 I went ahead and installed postgresql 8.4 and it worked fine however, armitage wouldn't connect to the database.

Am I doing something wrong here?

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msf > msfupdate

Updated to revision 13755

root@bt:~# msfconsole


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=[ metasploit v4.0.1-dev [core:4.0 api:1.0]
+ -- --=[ 735 exploits - 376 auxiliary - 82 post
+ -- --=[ 228 payloads - 27 encoders - 8 nops
=[ svn r13755 updated today (2011.09.19)


root@bt:~# cd /opt/framework/msf3/
root@bt:/opt/framework/msf3# msfconsole

msf auxiliary(msfcrawler) > set THREADS 24
THREADS => 24
msf auxiliary(msfcrawler) > set RPORT 80
RPORT => 80
msf auxiliary(msfcrawler) > set PATH /
PATH => /
msf auxiliary(msfcrawler) > run

etc. armitage works perfectly. i do share similar concern/issue about postgresql.