[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Subject: > > debian-user-digest Digest Volume 98 : Issue 546 > > Today's Topics: > Re: postgres intallation failed > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: postgres intallation failed > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 06:29:17 +0200 > From: "Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk> > To: Jeff Noxon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Jeff Noxon wrote: > >On Sat, Jun 27, 1998 at 11:14:19AM +0200, Networking Wizard wrote: > >> After Shared PostgreSQL library intsallation (libpgsql 6.3.2-8) > >> i've been trying to inttall postgresql (6.3.2-8) severl times, > >> but i did not succeed; dpkg terminates because of unspecified errors. > >> Here is the log: > >> > >> > Unpacking replacement postgresql ... > >> > Setting up postgresql (6.3.2-8) ... > >> > Now installing the PostgreSQL database files in /var/postgres/data > >> > su - postgres -c > PATH=/usr/uxs:/root/uxs:/root/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/ > > >local/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/lib/postgres > >ql/bin:/usr/lib/postgresql/bin; initdb -l /usr/lib/postgresql/lib -r > /va > >r/postgres/data -u postgres > >> > dpkg: error processing postgresql (--install): > > > >[snip] > > > >I think the bug is in base-passwd. > > > >You need to edit /etc/passwd so that the shell is /bin/sh or similar. I > >filed a bug report on base-passwd about this. > > The bug is not in base-passwd but in postgresql. I used adduser to create > the account if it did't exist, but I had not noticed that `adduser --system' > assigns /bin/false as the shell. I have changed postgresql-6.3.2-11 > to use useradd instead. This is bug#24036. > > -- > Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver > PGP key from public servers; key ID 32B8FAA1 > ======================================== > "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ; for it > is the power of God unto salvation to every one that > believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek." > Romans 1:16 > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe
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