Re: Why, why, why - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Arne Weiner
Subject Re: Why, why, why
Date
Msg-id 3BA8D44B.1DF7308F@gmx.de
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Timo Lehtinen wrote:
>
> I'am stuck again with this error:
> initdb /data
> cannot create directory '/data: permission denied
>
> initdb failed
>
> I installed postdge earier and got it work. Now I can't get rid out of that
> message. What do I do? This must be very simple....
>
> Timo

Did you set permissons properly. Be sure that the user who issues the
initdb command
has write permisson to '/'.

Arne Weiner.

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