Have you run "initdb" as the PostgreSQL superuser?
If you are just installing 6.3.2 you may want to download the latest version
(6.4.2) from www.postgresql.org
Francisco Javier wrote:
> Hi there ... I'm trying to install postgresql-6.3.2 on a Linux machine.
> Everything seems to be good but the
Hi there ... I'm trying to install postgresql-6.3.2 on a Linux machine.
Everything seems to be good but the install process (configure, make all,
make install) do not create the data directory in my psql directory.
As postgres superuser I do ...
./configure --prefix=/home/service/postgres
make
Hi
On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, Vance Greenway wrote:
> hmmm, that raised another error:
>
> Starting postgres: stdin: is not a tty
How are you trying to run it???
The file should reside in /etc/rc.d/init/ and be called like this:
/etc/rc.d/init/postgres.init start
or
/etc/rc.d/init/postgres.init sto
Hi Vance,
To start the postmaster, at startup, as root, do : su - postgres -c
"postmaster .." (with your needed options)
This doesn't need any password, as it's root which start your script
instead of (really) an other user, here the 'postgres' user account.
Be carefull to NOT FORGET the '
hmmm, that raised another error:
Starting postgres: stdin: is not a tty
any ideas on that one?
what is a tty anyway?
sure appreciate your help.
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From: Terry Mackintosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Vance Greenway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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