Re: [SQL] install problem
Eric J McKeown <ericm@palaver.net> writes:
when I attempt to run initdb, I get this message every time:
Only the unix superuser may initialize a database with a different
Postgres superuser. (You must be able to create files that belong
to the specified unix user).
Eric, check the setting of your USER environment variable. It must be
set and set correctly, because that's what initdb looks at (ditto for
the Postgres regression tests, BTW, and perhaps other stuff). At least
on my system, USER is not updated by "su", for example.
I've checked the FAQ, but it doesn't seem to cover this one.
This oughta be mentioned in the documentation somewhere :-(
regards, tom lane
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On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Tom Lane wrote:
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 10:09:08 -0500
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Eric J McKeown <ericm@palaver.net>
Cc: pgsql-sql@hub.org, pgsql-docs@hub.org
Subject: Re: [SQL] install problemEric J McKeown <ericm@palaver.net> writes:
when I attempt to run initdb, I get this message every time:
Only the unix superuser may initialize a database with a different
Postgres superuser. (You must be able to create files that belong
to the specified unix user).Eric, check the setting of your USER environment variable. It must be
set and set correctly, because that's what initdb looks at (ditto for
the Postgres regression tests, BTW, and perhaps other stuff). At least
on my system, USER is not updated by "su", for example.
I figured this one out yesterday, but failed to post that to the group.
When I ran initdb --help, I got a full list of options to initdb, and
specifying postgres as the user with the -u option (I think that was the
one) did the trick.
I've checked the FAQ, but it doesn't seem to cover this one.
This oughta be mentioned in the documentation somewhere :-(
I'd be happy to write a little something up for the FAQ if need be.
Thx.
regards, tom lane
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