Javier Quiles wrote: > Hallo > I am so sorry to bother you with this (I guess) elemental question, but > after two days of changing permissions and paths I do not know what to > try next. > > I have downloaded and compiled and installed all the software in the > distribution on a Sun Ultra 10 running Solaris 2.6. This was easy > following your excellent documentation (really good, indeed). > > I have used exactly the same tree directory that you present in the > installation guide. The only difference in this point was that the > untared source of the distribution was in my directory > (/home/user/shareware) > > After the installation (where I could not appreciate any abnormal > behaviour or warning message) I have started the postmaster as the > postgres user. > > After this I have used the command > > createdb testdb > and the answer is > ERROR: CREATE DATABASE: Could not initialize database directory. Delete > failed as well > createdb: database creation failed > > When I use the psql program with > > psql template1 > it works fine, and when I use CREATE DATABASE testdb, I get no error > messages. If I quit after that and run > > psql testdb > The message is > psql: FATAL 1: Database "testdb" does not exist in the system catalog. > > I know you must have lots of better things to do than answering to this > nubbie question, but I have run out of ideas, so I would appreciate any > help. Thanks a lot in advance. > > Javier Quiles This second mail is to tell you that I have tried a second installation with new paths and permissions and postgresql 7.0.2 is running happy in my Ultra 10 under Solaris 2.6. I am sorry to have bothered you with a problem for sure dealing with permissions or configuration. I hope I will send you more interesting questions in the future. Thanks anyway and congratulations again for your nice job! Javier Quiles
