[GENERAL] Installation problems

2006-06-30 Thread Victor Escobar
Hello, I'm going through the elongated instructions of installing pgsql and am stuck at the point where one types: %> su - postgres When I type this and type in the password I chose, I get the following error: 'su: no directory' Anybody know how I fix this? I've Googled and came up with no

[GENERAL] Default directory for postgres user?

2006-07-02 Thread Victor Escobar
What should the default directory for the postgres user be? I'm using OSX 10.4. Right now, the default directory is set to /dev/null. ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an inde

[GENERAL] Permission denied: logfile

2006-07-02 Thread Victor Escobar
Hello, I'm getting the following error when I do this step: /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data >logfile 2>&1 & Exit 1: Permission denied: logfile 2>&1 & I did a chown on /usr/local/pgsql/data and am running this as postgres. ---(end of broadcast)-