Re: intializing problem with postgresql-8.0.4-binaries-no-installer.zip - Mailing list pgsql-ports

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: intializing problem with postgresql-8.0.4-binaries-no-installer.zip
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Msg-id 200511041102.43544.peter_e@gmx.net
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In response to intializing problem with postgresql-8.0.4-binaries-no-installer.zip  (Shahid Manzoor <shahid.manzoor@ifomis.uni-saarland.de>)
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Shahid Manzoor wrote:
> The server must be started under an unprivileged user ID to prevent
> possible system security compromises.  See the documentation for
> more information on how to properly start the server.
> child process was terminated by signal 1
> initdb: removing contents of data directory "../data"
>
> Can I any body tell me how to run this version of postgresql server.

Please read the advice printed by initdb.

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Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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