X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CA193A483E for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 14:17:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 16469-04 for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 14:16:54 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 125013A4A85 for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 14:16:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j0LEGuZg015485; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 09:16:56 -0500 (EST) To: "Joel Fradkin" Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: still having pg_user error In-reply-to: <000001c4ffc1$044e0710$797ba8c0@jfradkin> References: <000001c4ffc1$044e0710$797ba8c0@jfradkin> Comments: In-reply-to "Joel Fradkin" message dated "Fri, 21 Jan 2005 08:56:32 -0500" Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 09:16:56 -0500 Message-ID: <15484.1106317016@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.004 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200501/188 X-Sequence-Number: 19976 "Joel Fradkin" writes: > Is there an action I can take now since it is installed and in theory the > RPM's are up2date. Sorry I have a few books on postgres Oreily and Sams, but > it seems a bit deep on install. Sure, you can use the RPMs you have. You want something like (as root) service postgresql stop rm -rf /var/lib/pgsql/data setenforce 0 service postgresql start The start script will observe that there's no database directory and proceed to run initdb for you. regards, tom lane