Re: [GENERAL] Initdb failed in PostgreSQL 7.3.21

2008-02-18 Thread Tom Lane
"Scott Marlowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Feb 18, 2008 1:44 PM, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Why are you intent on making a fresh installation of 7.3.x anyway? >> Seems like it'd be better to take the opportunity to move to a >> non-obsolete release. > Who knows? He might have a

Re: [GENERAL] Initdb failed in PostgreSQL 7.3.21

2008-02-18 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Feb 18, 2008 1:44 PM, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Kakoli Sen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I install PostgreSQL 7.3.21 successfully with sudo and could start > > the postmaster as sudo. > > What platform is that? How exactly did you install Postgres --- build > from source

Re: [GENERAL] Initdb failed in PostgreSQL 7.3.21

2008-02-18 Thread Tom Lane
"Kakoli Sen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I install PostgreSQL 7.3.21 successfully with sudo and could start > the postmaster as sudo. What platform is that? How exactly did you install Postgres --- build from source, install someone's package (whose?), ...? Why are you intent on making

Re: [GENERAL] Initdb failed in PostgreSQL 7.3.21

2008-02-18 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Feb 18, 2008 6:15 AM, Kakoli Sen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > I install PostgreSQL 7.3.21 successfully with sudo and could start > the postmaster as sudo. The postmaster won't starte without a valid data directory. > Then I want to initialise my own db as unprivileged use

Re: [GENERAL] Initdb failed in PostgreSQL 7.3.21

2008-02-18 Thread David Fetter
On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 05:45:05PM +0530, Kakoli Sen wrote: > Hi, > I install PostgreSQL 7.3.21 successfully with sudo and could start > the postmaster as sudo. The 7.3 series is no longer supported. Use 8.3 instead. Cheers, David. -- David Fetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://fetter.org/ Phone: +

[GENERAL] Initdb failed in PostgreSQL 7.3.21

2008-02-18 Thread Kakoli Sen
Hi, I install PostgreSQL 7.3.21 successfully with sudo and could start the postmaster as sudo. Then I want to initialise my own db as unprivileged user. I run the following commands: root# mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/data root# chown kakolis /usr/local/pgsql/data root# su kakolis kakolis$ in

Re: [GENERAL] initdb: failed

2005-05-17 Thread Tom Lane
"Kathy Boyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > We are running Postgresql 7.4.7 on Redhat EL 4. Running /usr/bin/initdb > command as user postgres fails before creating the views such as pg_user > and pg_rules. This is a known problem caused by SELinux security enforcement. The quick and dirty soluti

[GENERAL] initdb: failed

2005-05-17 Thread Kathy Boyle
We are running Postgresql 7.4.7 on Redhat EL 4. Running /usr/bin/initdb command as user postgres fails before creating the views such as pg_user and pg_rules. It does create the database directories and databases. We can access them, add tables, and data. But pg_dump fails to do anything (no error

[GENERAL] initdb failed

2005-01-27 Thread Danny Lu
Hi, I just installed Postgresql 7.3.2 with Cygwin on my computer. When I try to run "initdb -D /usr/postgresql/data" I get this message: Signal 12 Signal 12 50 creating configuration files... ok creating template1 database in /usr/data/base/1... Signal 12 initdb: failed can somebody help me out?