On Jun 27 1998 , Oliver Elphick wrote:
To find out what is going wrong with initdb:
Edit /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/initdb and add the line `set +x' after the
first line. Then become root and run the initialisation command (this
is all one line):
su - postgres -c PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib/postgresql/bin; initdb -l
/usr/lib/postgresql/lib -r /var/postgres/data -u postgres
Entering the initialization command, as you suggested,
%% su - postgres -c path=$path:/usr/lib/postgresql/bin; initdb -l
/usr/lib/postgresql/lib -r /var/postgres/data -u postgres
yields no output, even after adding 'set +x' at the second line of initdb
script.
The command executes silently, but, as a result, postgres server was not
running.
To make initdb talk, i assigned postgres a password and bash shell, then
su postgres and entered the initialization line:
%% su postgres
$ PATH=/bin:/sbin/:/usr/bin/:usr/sbin:/usr/lib/postgresql/bin
$ initdb -l /usr/lib/postgresql/lib -r /var/postgres/data -u postgres
initdb: using /usr/lib/postgresql/lib/local1_template1.bki.source as \
input to create the template database.
initdb: using /usr/lib/postgresql/lib/global1.bki.source as input to \
create the global classes.
initdb: using /usr/lib/postgresql/lib/pg_hba.conf.sample as the \
host-based authentication control file.
We are initializing the database system with username postgres (uid=100).
This user will own all the files and must also own the server process.
rm: /var/postgres/data/base/template1: Permission denied
mkdir: cannot make directory `/var/postgres/data/base/template1': \
Permission denied
initdb: creating template database in /var/postgres/data/base/template1
Running: postgres -boot -C -F -D/var/postgres/data -Q template1
ERROR: cannot create pg_proc
ERROR: cannot create pg_proc
/usr/lib/postgresql/bin/initdb: line 269: 15069 Broken pipe \
cat $TEMPLATE
15070 | sed -e s/postgres \
PGUID/$POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME $POSTGRES_SUPERUID/ -e \
s/PGUID/$POSTGRES_SUPERUID/
15071 Segmentation fault | postgres $BACKENDARGS template1
initdb: could not create template database
initdb: cleaning up by wiping out /var/postgres/data/base/template1
rm: /var/postgres/data/base/template1: Permission denied
It seemed a write-permission denial in /var/postgres sub-tree. Therefore
i switched back to root and changed the owner of /var/postgres:
%% chown -R postgres.postgres /var/postgres
This time postgres user was able to complete the initiatization script.
I was able to create users allowed to access and change databases, so i think
postgres is running correctly now.
Yet i had to start postmaster by line command; i noticed that postgres
directive
is not contained in /etc/rc*.d/ directories. Is it a desired feature or is it
due to my non-orthodox installation procedure?
In any case, thank you for your help
Paolo Pumilia
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