Обсуждение: Help

Hi,
  I am using Redhat linux 9. At the time of instllation i omitted the
option of SQL server. AFter installing Linux 9 i started installing
postgresql 7.4.5.

  After installing i am unable to enter into the path

root$ su postgres
su: user postgres does not exist

Note: At the time of installing itself i get problem while setting permission as
       root&    chown postgres.postgres /usr/local/pgsql/
       chown: `postgres.postgres': invalid user

Even if i tried the postgres --version i am getting output as

root$  postgres --version
postgres (PostgreSQL) 7.4.5


Please help me to enter into $ su postgres


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Warm Regards,

S.ElayaRaja
Mobile:  (+91) 98450 59540
E-Mail:  elayaraja.s@gmail.com
            raja_nk@hotmail.com

ElayaRaja S <elayaraja.s@gmail.com> writes:
> Note: At the time of installing itself i get problem while setting permission as
>        root&    chown postgres.postgres /usr/local/pgsql/
>        chown: `postgres.postgres': invalid user

Some versions of chown only support the notation user:group
not user.group --- looks like yours is one.  I suspect also
that you failed to create the postgres user account properly.

            regards, tom lane

You can use the "adduser" command to create the postgres user on your linux
box.  I use Uid:26 Gid:100, but I don't know that it matters.

Woody

-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org
[mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of ElayaRaja S
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 9:19 AM
To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: [GENERAL] Help

Hi,
  I am using Redhat linux 9. At the time of instllation i omitted the option
of SQL server. AFter installing Linux 9 i started installing postgresql
7.4.5.

  After installing i am unable to enter into the path

root$ su postgres
su: user postgres does not exist

Note: At the time of installing itself i get problem while setting
permission as
       root&    chown postgres.postgres /usr/local/pgsql/
       chown: `postgres.postgres': invalid user

Even if i tried the postgres --version i am getting output as

root$  postgres --version
postgres (PostgreSQL) 7.4.5


Please help me to enter into $ su postgres


--
Warm Regards,

S.ElayaRaja
Mobile:  (+91) 98450 59540
E-Mail:  elayaraja.s@gmail.com
            raja_nk@hotmail.com

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