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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Issue with Centos 5, Postgres 8.3 (RHEL5 build), timezones
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Msg-id 28016.1202246335@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Issue with Centos 5, Postgres 8.3 (RHEL5 build), timezones  ("Wade Hampton" <wadehamptoniv@gmail.com>)
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"Wade Hampton" <wadehamptoniv@gmail.com> writes:
> I am currently testing Postgresql 8.3 on Centos 5.  When I try to run
> service postgresql initdb, I get the following error:

> WARNING:  could not read time zone file "Default": Permission denied
> FATAL:  invalid value for parameter "timezone_abbreviation": "Default"

> Which file is it trying to read and how can I fix this?

$sharedir/timezonesets/Default --- if you're not sure where $sharedir
is, "pg_config --sharedir" will tell you.

I'd venture it's either a directory ownership/permissions problem or
an obsolete selinux policy ...

            regards, tom lane

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