Thread: Re: Why, why, why

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.