Thread: BUG #8197: Error Message When trying to install PS8.1
The following bug has been logged on the website: Bug reference: 8197 Logged by: Rob Mapletoft Email address: healthycomputers@persona.ca PostgreSQL version: Unsupported/Unknown Operating system: SBS 2011 64 bit Description: = The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user "postgres". This user must also own the server process. The database cluster will be initialized with locale C. fixing permissions on existing directory C:/Program Files (x86)/PostgreSQL/8.1/data ... ok creating directory C:/Program Files (x86)/PostgreSQL/8.1/data/global ... ok creating directory C:/Program Files (x86)/PostgreSQL/8.1/data/pg_xlog ... ok creating directory C:/Program Files (x86)/PostgreSQL/8.1/data/pg_xlog/archive_status ... ok creating directory C:/Program Files (x86)/PostgreSQL/8.1/data/pg_clog ... ok creating directory C:/Program Files (x86)/PostgreSQL/8.1/data/pg_subtrans ... ok creating directory C:/Program Files (x86)/PostgreSQL/8.1/data/pg_twophase ... ok creating directory C:/Program Files (x86)/PostgreSQL/8.1/data/pg_multixact/members ... ok creating directory C:/Program Files (x86)/PostgreSQL/8.1/data/pg_multixact/offsets ... ok creating directory C:/Program Files (x86)/PostgreSQL/8.1/data/base ... ok creating directory C:/Program Files (x86)/PostgreSQL/8.1/data/base/1 ... ok creating directory C:/Program Files (x86)/PostgreSQL/8.1/data/pg_tblspc ... ok selecting default max_connections ... 10 selecting default shared_buffers ... 50 creating configuration files ... ok creating template1 database in C:/Program Files (x86)/PostgreSQL/8.1/data/base/1 ... Execution of PostgreSQL by a user with administrative permissions is not permitted. 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 "C:/Program Files (x86)/PostgreSQL/8.1/data" Failed to run initdb: 1! Please see logfile in C:\Program files (x86)\PostgreSQL\8.1\tmp\initdb.log Note! you must read/copy this logfile before you click OK, or it will be automatically removed.
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 3:34 AM, <healthycomputers@persona.ca> wrote: > initdb: removing contents of data directory "C:/Program Files > (x86)/PostgreSQL/8.1/data" > Only Postgres 8.1 is not supported anymore by the community for a couple of years. You should use a newer version. -- Michael
Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com> wrote:=0A> <healthycomputers@pe= rsona.ca> wrote:=0A>=0A>> initdb: removing contents of data directory "C:/P= rogram Files=0A>> (x86)/PostgreSQL/8.1/data"=0A>=0A> Only Postgres 8.1 is n= ot supported anymore by the community for a=0A> couple of years.=0A=0AMore = than that.=0A=0ANote that this seems to be on Windows.=A0 While support of = 8.1 was=0Aended five years after its 2005 release, support was terminated= =0Aearlier on Windows because of bugs on that platform which were=0Afixed i= n 8.2 in a way which was too intrusive to back-patch.=A0 So it=0Ahas been o= ut of support on Windows for roughly six years now.=0A=0A> You should use a= newer version.=0A=0AMost definitely.=0A=0A--=0AKevin Grittner=0AEnterprise= DB: http://www.enterprisedb.com=0AThe Enterprise PostgreSQL Company