Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 129816500C5 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:55:07 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 49836-08 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:55:06 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.182]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21FB86500D5 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:55:05 -0400 (AST) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id j4so1296101wah.19 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:55:04 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=OBz9mJtcuF8iZXZJpUXsDpD5tP+GVTWe/AvGc7ROdtU=; b=ozuoZDgAaRNLvCQOqRsYzbWVj06tkKgt2OcJ7hfPNbS0dadXTRDbp2eKcUV4uRTE36 jaHN0MohKVp1R1PvFWxr7oo8QN+8YltlpdrkZrxUpqmGW5QsaqBme3vMQBlLGu9tP+kl 5jeW1Pio4Y4iHIYVY03oRqoMmvDtANwMMEQdA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=gRyQbmLWuS+tDghNrNuTHVEUkTmwTzsGUn/q6t/61k+QS8dDXF2BBvgTKBLqqT+lTD 77s/S7vfXIF7gDU9PkSE5K/rB4oBjBR2+d6FnYNbRQkHAyQAXqmrAakz5B4oxX7olDOk QkZuK5HTIO2OTFMHOZWzS8lWD0L0nWoFBR2RY= Received: by 10.114.12.10 with SMTP id 10mr4526507wal.87.1226343304776; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:55:04 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.39.11 with HTTP; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:55:04 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:55:04 -0700 From: "Scott Marlowe" To: "Aras Angelo" Subject: Re: installing without shell access Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org In-Reply-To: <5136d4130811101049m13c1b739n2a54c8b0d4b0dad4@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <49185831.2060303@navarrocollege.edu> <491878AA.3050503@rp-online.de> <5136d4130811101049m13c1b739n2a54c8b0d4b0dad4@mail.gmail.com> X-Archive-Number: 200811/55 X-Sequence-Number: 30709 You do NOT have to have root priviledges. I've built postgresql more than once without it and made it work. What you do need is to install it to your local home directory where the apache user has priviledges and set LD_LIBRARY_PATH (or whatever it's called, it has been a while) and you're golden. On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 11:49 AM, Aras Angelo wrote: > gmake install requires root privileges. > It wont install with regular httpd user (apache, nobody etc.) on a php-shell > script or php system command functions. > > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Thomas Pundt wrote: >> >> Scott Marlowe schrieb: >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Dana Holland >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Is it at all possible to get pgsql installed on a system without access >>>> to a >>>> shell? A friend is wanting me to install a particular bulletin board >>>> system >>>> on her website; however, her hosting plan only provides the MySQL >>>> database - >>>> the bulletin board requires pgsql. And her hosting plan has no ssh >>>> access. >>>> >>>> So, is it possible to install the database with only ftp access to the >>>> account? >>> >>> most web languanges ala php allow you to execute arbitrary commands >>> (using back ticks in php) so theoretically she could probably do it. >>> >> >> That reminds me having seen something like a shell implemented in PHP: >> google for php-shell. I've never used such a beast, though. >> >> Ciao, >> Thomas >> >> -- >> Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@postgresql.org) >> To make changes to your subscription: >> http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin > > -- When fascism comes to America, it will be draped in a flag and carrying a cross - Sinclair Lewis