[ADMIN] Postgre security

1998-12-08 Thread Adam Maddock
Hello, I'm struggling with the methods of user authentication that Postgre uses. I would like to be able to use the /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow file to authenticate users. That way users could easily control their own passwords by telnet-ing in to the machine. I've tried the following line in my

[ADMIN] Compile Error on Linux

1998-12-08 Thread Marc Eggenberger
Hi there. I successfully installed a postgre system on a Sun Solaris .. it run's fine .. now I tried to install another one on a Linux 2.0.32 System with gcc 2.8.0 and postgre6.4 I have Flex installed (2.5.4) and Bison but I get the following error when doing a make all: make[3]: Leaving

[ADMIN] Cannot run destroydb: ERROR: typeidTypeRelid: Invalid type - oid = 0

1998-12-08 Thread Jan Kim
Hi again, After failing to compile PostgreSQL on our Alpha workstations with egcs, I now switched to the "native" compiler and got a somewhat running system. I can create a database and put something in it (just tried a few numbers), but I cannot destroy it. I get this error message: ERROR:

[ADMIN] SUMMARY : postgresql6.3.2 installation problems under Solaris 2.6

1998-12-08 Thread Murat Balkas
Hi, I solved my problems. If you get this error when you try to initialize the database you should check the PGLIB environment variable. It should refer to the right version. Another tip : flex 2.5.4 and bison 1.25 should be installed. Without them I got too many problems during configuratio

[ADMIN] Re: your mail

1998-12-08 Thread Murat Balkas
> > Hi, > > > > I'm surry that I disturb you. I've the same problem. I've bison 1.16 and > > flex 2.4.5 installed but I'm still getting the same error. > > you'll have to do a 'make distclean' and erreconfigure...if > configure detects flex, it should say 'flex' above, not 'lex'... > >

[ADMIN] Compilation problems on Digital OSF1 4.0

1998-12-08 Thread Jan Kim
Dear PostgreSQLers, I try to build the new PostgreSQL v6.4 on our Alpha workstations running OSF/1 4.0 with egcs-2.91.57 19980901 (egcs-1.1 release). The INSTALL file says there are "minor patchable problems". However, I'm not sure how to patch this one: The sources seem to assume that slock_t c

[ADMIN] install problem under solaris

1998-12-08 Thread Murat Balkas
Hi, I solved some of my problems by installing postgres. But now I've another problem. $uname -a SunOS sparc4_20 5.6 Generic_105181-09 sun4m sparc SUNW,SPARCstation-4 Here is the error I get. Please help. Murat gmake[2]: Entering directory /mis/postgresql-v6.4/src/interfaces/ecpg' gmake