Re: postgres intallation failed
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/postgresql/bin:/usr/lib/postgresql/bin; initdb -l /usr/lib/postgresql/lib -r /var/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. Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: postgres intallation failed
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]
Re: postgres intallation failed
On Mon, Jun 29, 1998 at 06:29:17AM +0200, Oliver Elphick wrote: 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. If you don't use --system, will the uid still be 1000? And shouldn't this uid be consistent across multiple Debian installations? Has someone already closed the base-passwd bug, or should I? Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: postgres intallation failed
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 --- cstc - -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: postgres intallation failed
Networking Wizard wrote: ... 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 I think I'll add this to the postinst script 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 thin k postgres is running correctly now. Yet i had to start postmaster by line command; i noticed that postgres direc tive is not contained in /etc/rc*.d/ directories. Is it a desired feature or is it due to my non-orthodox installation procedure? It's probably because the postinst script failed. You should have a /etc/init.d/postgresql file, with the following symbolic links to it: /etc/rc0.d/K20postgresql /etc/rc3.d/S20postgresql /etc/rc6.d/K20postgresql /etc/rc1.d/K20postgresql /etc/rc4.d/S20postgresql /etc/rc2.d/S20postgresql /etc/rc5.d/S20postgresql -- 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]
Re: postgres intallation failed
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/lo cal/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/lib/postgresql /bin:/usr/lib/postgresql/bin; initdb -l /usr/lib/postgresql/lib -r /var/ postgres/data -u postgres dpkg: error processing postgresql (--install): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: postgresql Shadow passwords have been installed on machine. Could this error be ascribed to shadow password for 'postgres' postmater account? I don't think so. I use shadow passwords and have no problem. The current state of the package is that it is unpacked and should be present on your disk. If you have never installed it before, it needs to create a new database - this is the step it has failed on. However, I see that this was a 'replacement postgresql': had you created a database with an earlier version? 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 It should now be possible to see where failure is occurring - please send me the screen output. By the way, which password will be assigned to postmaster, during the installation? If postgres is installed from base-passwd; it needs (I think) to be enabled by assigning it a password. If it does not exist when postgresql's preinst script runs, it is created with `adduser --disabled-password'. You cannot log in as postgres until it is assigned a password (but root can still su to it.) Oliver Elphick PostgreSQL maintainer for Debian -- 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]
