weird initdb output

Started by Geoffrey Myersalmost 16 years ago2 messagesgeneral
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#1Geoffrey Myers
geof@serioustechnology.com

I wrote a script that creates a new database from an existing backup.
Works great on my machine. Another user tries to use it and sees the
following output from initdb:

could not change directory to "/root"
The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user
"postgres".
This user must also own the server process.
.
.

Why is it trying to change directory to /root??? Running as the
postgres user.

Any assistance would be appreciated.

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Geoffrey Myers
Myers Consulting Inc.
770.592.1651

#2Scott Marlowe
scott.marlowe@gmail.com
In reply to: Geoffrey Myers (#1)
Re: weird initdb output

On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Geoffrey Myers
<geof@serioustechnology.com> wrote:

I wrote a script that creates a new database from an existing backup. Works
great on my machine.  Another user tries to use it and sees the following
output from initdb:

could not change directory to "/root"
The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user
"postgres".
This user must also own the server process.

Why is it trying to change directory to /root???  Running as the postgres
user.

Maybe if we could see the script?