Sorry, here is my system info.
RH 7.3
Postgres 7.2.1
I solved the permissions thing by su into root and changing the permissions manually. Previously, I just followed the instructions on this site.
and that sample profile was from nsadmin.
Earlier, I followed the instructions and the instructions referenced "/web" as the web directory but on my system I was using "/www" instead, so I back tracked and repeated those steps that involve creating the creating the user and groups without deleting the previously created user and groups. I don't know if that will have any impact in the future.