Re: postgresql-7.1beta1 initdb error - Mailing list pgsql-docs

James McMurry writes:

> Enter new superuser password:
> Enter it again:
> The password file wasn't generated. Please report this problem.

Please apply to following patch to src/bin/initdb.sh:

diff -c -r1.118 initdb.sh
*** initdb.sh   2000/12/31 22:24:14     1.118
--- initdb.sh   2001/01/04 16:10:43
***************
*** 533,539 ****
      fi
      echo "ALTER USER \"$POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME\" WITH PASSWORD '$FirstPw'" \
        | "$PGPATH"/postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null || exit_nicely
!     if [ ! -f $PGDATA/pg_pwd ]; then
          echo "The password file wasn't generated. Please report this problem." 1>&2
          exit_nicely
      fi
--- 533,539 ----
      fi
      echo "ALTER USER \"$POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME\" WITH PASSWORD '$FirstPw'" \
        | "$PGPATH"/postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null || exit_nicely
!     if [ ! -f $PGDATA/global/pg_pwd ]; then
          echo "The password file wasn't generated. Please report this problem." 1>&2
          exit_nicely
      fi

Or you can just set the superuser password later if you're not up to
patching.

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