Thread: Re: problem startting postgresql
hi , i created user using adduser even though i could not start postgresql Adduser created a postgres user account, may be this will do i have to try Adding the postgres User ------------------------ $ su - -c "useradd postgres" but i have small doubt what is the difference between $ adduser postgres and $ su - -c "useradd postgres" thanking u suresh s __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
> but i have small doubt what is the difference between > > $ adduser postgres > and > $ su - -c "useradd postgres" The first ought to fail because a non-superuser should not have the ability to add new users to the system. (The $ prompt indicates that you are not a superuser.) If it worked, your system would be completely insecure. The second becomes superuser before trying to add the new user. Perhaps you need to do a basic Unix course... -- Oliver Elphick Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk Isle of Wight, UK http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C ======================================== "Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth. Therefore despise thou not the chastening of the Almighty." Job 5:17
Hi Oliver, /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql start says that user postgres does not exists, even though i added user postgres using su - -c "adduser postgres" what may be the reasion Thanking u __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com