On 05/19/2018 03:16 PM, Michael Nolan wrote:
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> On Sat, May 19, 2018 at 2:16 PM, Don Seiler <don@seiler.us
> <mailto:don@seiler.us>> wrote:
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> On Sat, May 19, 2018 at 2:10 PM, Michael Nolan <htfoot@gmail.com
> <mailto:htfoot@gmail.com>> wrote:
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> initdb is failing on Centos 7 with 10.4 because the install
> procedure does not change the ownership of the /usr/local/pgsql
> directory to postgres.
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> Changing the ownership fixes the problem, but the install
> procedure should do this.
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> Are you using the PGDG repo packages, or the default CentOS repo
> packages? You should use PGDG and those should install under
> /var/lib/pgsql.
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> Don.
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> Don Seiler
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> I was installing from source code, so I did a configure and a build (as
> postgres) and then an install (as root).
Then setting up the $DATADIR is on you:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/install-short.html
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> Mike Nolan
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