Received: (from news@localhost) by hub.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id FAA31207; Wed, 29 Sep 1999 05:20:53 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from news) X-Authentication-Warning: hub.org: news set sender to using -f From: "David Godin" X-Newsgroups: comp.databases.postgresql.announce, comp.databases.postgresql.bugs, comp.databases.postgresql.docs, comp.databases.postgresql.hackers, comp.databases.postgresql.interfaces, comp.databases.postgresql.patches, comp.databases.postgresql.ports, comp.databases Subject: Installing PostgreSQL Lines: 129 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0013_01BF0378.CD300B60" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Message-ID: X-Trace: typ12.nn.bcandid.com 937854027 209.104.83.107 (Mon, 20 Sep 1999 15:00:27 EDT) Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 14:59:55 -0400 To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org.pgsql-announce@postgresql.org.pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org.pgsql-docs@postgresql.org.pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org.pgsql-patches@postgresql.org.pgsql-ports@postgreSQL.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01BF0378.CD300B60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all, This is the output of initdb after a clean install of all the 6.5.1-2 = RPMs I downloaded from ftp.postgreSQL.org. To install them I did an "rpm -ivh = post*". I'm using RedHat 6 on x86 with 64 Meg Ram and 300 Meg of HD space left. =20 I used "initdb -l /usr/lib/pgsql -r /var/lib/pgsql/data -u postgres -d" = to=20 initialyse the database (This is what they say in the manual). Running with debug mode on. initdb: using /usr/lib/pgsql/local1_template1.bki.source as input to = create the template database. initdb: using /usr/lib/pgsql/global1.bki.source as input to create the = global classes. initdb: using /usr/lib/pgsql/pg_hba.conf.sample as the host-based = authentication control file. We are initializing the database system with username postgres = (uid=3D104). This user will own all the files and must also own the server process. Creating template database in /var/lib/pgsql/data/base/template1 Running: postgres -boot -C -F -D/var/lib/pgsql/data -d template1 initdb: could not create template database initdb: cleaning up by wiping out /var/lib/pgsql/data/base/template1 This is a "ls -al /var/lib/pgsql" total 4 drwx------ 3 postgres postgres 1024 Sep 20 14:09 . drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 1024 Sep 17 11:07 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35 Sep 1 00:55 odbcinst.ini It's obvious i'm doing something wrong! Can someone help me? David Godin godind@REMOVE_THIS.voxco.com ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01BF0378.CD300B60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi all,
 
This is the output of initdb after a = clean install=20 of all the 6.5.1-2 RPMs
I downloaded from ftp.postgreSQL.org. = To install=20 them I did an "rpm -ivh post*".
I'm = using RedHat 6=20 on x86 with 64 Meg Ram and 300 Meg of HD space left.
 
I used "initdb -l /usr/lib/pgsql -r=20 /var/lib/pgsql/data -u postgres -d" to
initialyse the database (This is what = they say in=20 the manual).
 
Running with debug mode = on.
initdb: using=20 /usr/lib/pgsql/local1_template1.bki.source as input to create the = template=20 database.
initdb: using = /usr/lib/pgsql/global1.bki.source as=20 input to create the global classes.
initdb: using = /usr/lib/pgsql/pg_hba.conf.sample as=20 the host-based authentication control file.
We are initializing the database system = with=20 username postgres (uid=3D104).
This user will own all the files and = must also own=20 the server process.
Creating template database in=20 /var/lib/pgsql/data/base/template1
Running: postgres -boot -C -F = -D/var/lib/pgsql/data=20 -d template1
initdb: could not create template=20 database
initdb: cleaning up by wiping out=20 /var/lib/pgsql/data/base/template1
 
This is a "ls -al = /var/lib/pgsql"
total 4
drwx------ 3 postgres postgres 1024 Sep = 20 14:09=20 .
drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 1024 Sep 17 = 11:07=20 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35 Sep 1 00:55=20 odbcinst.ini
 
It's obvious i'm doing something wrong! = Can someone=20 help me?
 
David Godin
godind@REMOVE_THIS.voxco.com=
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