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From Roger Ackroyd
Subject Re: Can't switch the postgres user..
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In response to Can't switch the postgres user..  ("Marvin" <magosoft@gmx.net>)
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Marvin
Look in your ../cygwin/bin and check the version of your cygwin1.dll. Let me know.
 
[Jason] this might help clarify the answer to my own question on the other matter.
Roger
----- Original Message -----
From: Marvin
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 6:42 PM
Subject: [CYGWIN] Can't switch the postgres user..

Thank you Roger and Jason.
I downloaded the cygipc-1-14.1 and installed on my XP
Everything goes fine until I do the step:

8. Initialize PostgreSQL (*when running under the "postgres" account*):

mgonzalez@guaj215desa ~
$ initdb -D /usr/share/postgresql/data
The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user "mgonzalez".
This user must also own the server process.

The database cluster will be initialized with locale C.

Fixing permissions on existing directory /usr/share/postgresql/data... ok
creating directory /usr/share/postgresql/data/base... mkdir: cannot create direc
tory `/usr/share/postgresql/data/base': Permission denied

initdb failed.

mgonzalez@guaj215desa ~
$ su postgres
Password:
su: incorrect password

As you see, I tried to change the current user to postgres.  I left the password blank by pressin ENTER twice.

What I am doing wrong (again).

Thank you in advanced for your patience.

 

MAGO

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