Re: [GENERAL] Initdb failed in PostgreSQL 7.3.21

2008-02-18 Thread Tom Lane
"Scott Marlowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Feb 18, 2008 1:44 PM, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Why are you intent on making a fresh installation of 7.3.x anyway? >> Seems like it'd be better to take the opportunity to move to a >> non-obsolete release. > Who knows? He might have a

Re: [GENERAL] Initdb failed in PostgreSQL 7.3.21

2008-02-18 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Feb 18, 2008 1:44 PM, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Kakoli Sen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I install PostgreSQL 7.3.21 successfully with sudo and could start > > the postmaster as sudo. > > What platform is that? How exactly did you install Postgres --- build > from source

Re: [GENERAL] Initdb failed in PostgreSQL 7.3.21

2008-02-18 Thread Tom Lane
"Kakoli Sen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I install PostgreSQL 7.3.21 successfully with sudo and could start > the postmaster as sudo. What platform is that? How exactly did you install Postgres --- build from source, install someone's package (whose?), ...? Why are you intent on making

Re: [GENERAL] Initdb failed in PostgreSQL 7.3.21

2008-02-18 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Feb 18, 2008 6:15 AM, Kakoli Sen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > I install PostgreSQL 7.3.21 successfully with sudo and could start > the postmaster as sudo. The postmaster won't starte without a valid data directory. > Then I want to initialise my own db as unprivileged use

Re: [GENERAL] Initdb failed in PostgreSQL 7.3.21

2008-02-18 Thread David Fetter
On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 05:45:05PM +0530, Kakoli Sen wrote: > Hi, > I install PostgreSQL 7.3.21 successfully with sudo and could start > the postmaster as sudo. The 7.3 series is no longer supported. Use 8.3 instead. Cheers, David. -- David Fetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://fetter.org/ Phone: +

[GENERAL] Initdb failed in PostgreSQL 7.3.21

2008-02-18 Thread Kakoli Sen
Hi, I install PostgreSQL 7.3.21 successfully with sudo and could start the postmaster as sudo. Then I want to initialise my own db as unprivileged user. I run the following commands: root# mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/data root# chown kakolis /usr/local/pgsql/data root# su kakolis kakolis$ in