Thread: creating db hangs on XP as a service

Using postgresql 7.2.2 on XP. I just followed the postgresql-7.2.2.README from the cygwin 1.13.12-2 install. I set up the postgres user but never used it.

I performed the following steps:

1. install ipc-daemon as a service

# ipc-daemon –install-as-service

2. created the postgres user account – although I never use postgres user.

#cmd /c lusrmgr.msc

# mkpasswd –l –u postgres >> /etc/passwd

3. Set the security for postgres

#cmd /c secpool.msc

4. install postmaster as service

cygrunsrv –install postmaster –path /usr/bin/postmaster –args “-D /usr/share/postgresql/data –i” –dep ipc-daemon –termsig INT –user postgres –shutdown

5. Create the data directory

#mkdir /usr/share/postgresql/data

6. This is where I hang! Initializing the db

# initdb –D /usr/share/postgresql/data

Here’s the output I get: (note: Everything has been installed and owned as the administrator – Kevin)

The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user “Kevin”.

This user must also own the server process.

Fixing permissions on existing directory /usr/share/postgresql/data… ok

Creating directory /usr/share/postgresql/data/base … ok

Creating directory /usr/share/postgresql/data/global… ok

Creating directory /usr/share/postgresql/data/pg_xlog… ok

Creating directory /usr/share/postgresql/data/pg_clog… ok

Creating template database in /usr/share/postgresql/data/base/1… 

That’s where it just hangs and I have to ‘kill -9 <pid>’ of the one postgres process which then reports

Initdb failed.

When I go to the /usr/share/postgresql/data directory the above created sub directories are all empty.

I tried ‘net start ipc-daemon’ BEFORE running init and that didn’t help.

Any suggestions? Thanks.