Thread: Mr Thomas problem starting postgresql
Hi Thomas, [root@pyro1 /root]# su suresh "touch /tmp/filename" bash: /root/.bashrc: Permission denied touch /tmp/filename: touch /tmp/filename: Permission denied this i tried in some other system what may the problem starting postgresql it says user postgres does not exist even though after su - -c "adduser postgres" this created postgres user in linux s/y Thanking u regards suresh __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
> Hi Thomas, > > [root@pyro1 /root]# su suresh "touch /tmp/filename" > bash: /root/.bashrc: Permission denied > touch /tmp/filename: touch /tmp/filename: Permission > denied > > what may the problem starting postgresql > it says user postgres does not exist > > even though after > su - -c "adduser postgres" > > this created postgres user in linux s/y Hi all the problem is i have to add user specifying the home directory og postgres to /var/lib/pgsql $su #adduser -d /var/lib/pgsql postgres #cd /var/lib #chown postgres.postgres pgsql now #su postgres $/etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql start working fine thanking u all surseh s __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com