Обсуждение: install problem
I am using SuSE 8.0 Professional Linux and installing postresql 7.4 by placing the tar files in /temp and untar and unzip and followed the short install procedure. Log in as root ./ configure gmake gmake install useradd mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/data chown postgres /usr/local/pgsql/data su postgres /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data ""same as above"" >logfile 2>&1 & At this point I checked the last 2 lines to enter and was told I do not have the password for the postges sence it is not a person but a program it should not ask for the password. Have not had sucess to call up the program or to finish the last 2 lines. /usr/local/pgsql/bin/createdb test /usr/local/pgsql/bin/pgsql test What can I do to finish the last 2 lines and call up the potgres or pgsql? _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com
wayne schlemitz <schmtzway@yahoo.com> writes:
> What can I do to finish the last 2 lines and call up
> the potgres or pgsql?
We can't help you from such a handwavy description. Show us *exactly*
what you typed and *exactly* what messages you got (cut-and-paste from
your terminal window is good), and then we might be able to offer
better-than-guessing answers.
I'd also suggest looking in the postmaster logfile to see if there are
any informative messages there.
regards, tom lane
If I understand your description of the problem sufficiently, I believe you're running into trouble at the "su postres" step. Although I'm quite new to postgres, I do know that creating a user account named "postgres" is recommended, if not required, by the installation process. Entering "su postgres" on the cmd-line switches the user (su) in that shell to username: postgres -- it's not invoking a program, per se. Then logging in, even via su, requires password authentication. Hope this helps - Scott On Oct 9, 2004, at 7:29 AM, wayne schlemitz wrote: > I am using SuSE 8.0 Professional Linux and installing > postresql 7.4 by placing the tar files in /temp and > untar and unzip and followed the short install > procedure. > Log in as root > ./ configure > gmake > gmake install > useradd > mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/data > chown postgres /usr/local/pgsql/data > su postgres > /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data > ""same as above"" >logfile 2>&1 & > > At this point I checked the last 2 lines to enter and > was told I do not have the password for the postges > sence it is not a person but a program it should not > ask for the password. Have not had sucess to call up > the program or to finish the last 2 lines. > /usr/local/pgsql/bin/createdb test > /usr/local/pgsql/bin/pgsql test > > What can I do to finish the last 2 lines and call up > the potgres or pgsql? > > > > > _______________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! > http://vote.yahoo.com > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster >
Dear Wayne, Hum! you are not following exactly the instructions for a "Short Installation" which is: ./configure gmake su gmake install adduser postgres mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/data chown postgres /usr/local/pgsql/data su - postgres /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data >logfile 2>&1 & /usr/local/pgsql/bin/createdb test /usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql test Anyway, what did you enter after "useradd"? That command requires at least one parameter, the new user name which in this case should be postgres. Once that is done, the "su postgres" will work without any password since you are running it from root. Regards, Bernard On Saturday 09 October 2004 10:29, wayne schlemitz wrote: > I am using SuSE 8.0 Professional Linux and installing > postresql 7.4 by placing the tar files in /temp and > untar and unzip and followed the short install > procedure. > Log in as root > ./ configure > gmake > gmake install > useradd > mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/data > chown postgres /usr/local/pgsql/data > su postgres > /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data > ""same as above"" >logfile 2>&1 & > > At this point I checked the last 2 lines to enter and > was told I do not have the password for the postges > sence it is not a person but a program it should not > ask for the password. Have not had sucess to call up > the program or to finish the last 2 lines. > /usr/local/pgsql/bin/createdb test > /usr/local/pgsql/bin/pgsql test > > What can I do to finish the last 2 lines and call up > the potgres or pgsql? > > > > > _______________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! > http://vote.yahoo.com > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster