Mr Thomas problem starting postgresql

Hi Thomas,

[root@pyro1 /root]# su suresh "touch /tmp/filename"
bash: /root/.bashrc: Permission denied
touch /tmp/filename: touch /tmp/filename: Permission
denied

what may the problem starting postgresql
it says user postgres does not exist

even though after
su - -c "adduser postgres"

this created postgres user in linux s/y

Hi all

the problem is i have to add user specifying the home
directory og postgres to /var/lib/pgsql

$su
#adduser -d /var/lib/pgsql postgres
#cd /var/lib
#chown postgres.postgres pgsql

now
#su postgres
$/etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql start

working fine

thanking u all

surseh s

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