Thread: : permission denied initdb: 34: Syntax error: Bad fd number
I am trying to install PostgreSQL 7.0 running under Windows NT. I have followed Kevin Lo's instructions and have had no problems until trying to run initdb. I get the following bash-2.02$ source .bashrc bash-2.02$ initdb : permission denied /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb: 34: Syntax error: Bad fd number Obviously I have a permissions problem, but the install notes did not mention anything about settings for specific user accounts. My mounts are as follows: Device Directory Type Flags i:\postgres\source\pgsql /usr/src/pgsql native text!=binary i:\postgres\binary\pgsql /usr/local/pgsql native text=binary i:\usr\local\lib /usr/local/lib native text!=binary i:\usr\local\include /usr/local/include native text!=binary i:\usr\local\bin /usr/local/bin native text!=binary i:\unix\root\cygwin-b20\share /sw/cygwin-b20/share native text!=binary \\.\tape1: /dev/st1 native text!=binary \\.\tape0: /dev/st0 native text!=binary \\.\b: /dev/fd1 native text!=binary \\.\a: /dev/fd0 native text!=binary i:\unix\root\cygwin-b20\H-i586-cygwin32\i586-cygwin32\bin /bin native text!=binary i:\unix\root / native text!=binary I am logged in as colin on a NT4 SP5 workstation authenticated by a NT4 SP5 server via LAN. I have administrator permissions granted to both boxes. Can anyone help me out here. Thanks Colin -- Colin Woolmer
Not at all sure about NT but in Linux you must run intdb as the posgres
user. It's covered in the documentation which I hope you got with the NT
software.
On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Colin Woolmer wrote:
> I am trying to install PostgreSQL 7.0 running under Windows NT. I have
> followed Kevin Lo's instructions and have had no problems until trying
> to run initdb.
>
> I get the following
>
> bash-2.02$ source .bashrc
> bash-2.02$ initdb
> : permission denied
> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb: 34: Syntax error: Bad fd number
>
> Obviously I have a permissions problem, but the install notes did not
> mention anything about settings for specific user accounts. My mounts
> are as follows:
>
> Device Directory Type Flags
> i:\postgres\source\pgsql /usr/src/pgsql native text!=binary
> i:\postgres\binary\pgsql /usr/local/pgsql native text=binary
> i:\usr\local\lib /usr/local/lib native text!=binary
> i:\usr\local\include /usr/local/include native text!=binary
> i:\usr\local\bin /usr/local/bin native text!=binary
> i:\unix\root\cygwin-b20\share /sw/cygwin-b20/share native text!=binary
> \\.\tape1: /dev/st1 native text!=binary
> \\.\tape0: /dev/st0 native text!=binary
> \\.\b: /dev/fd1 native text!=binary
> \\.\a: /dev/fd0 native text!=binary
> i:\unix\root\cygwin-b20\H-i586-cygwin32\i586-cygwin32\bin /bin native
> text!=binary
> i:\unix\root / native text!=binary
>
> I am logged in as colin on a NT4 SP5 workstation authenticated by a NT4
> SP5 server via LAN. I have administrator permissions granted to both
> boxes.
>
> Can anyone help me out here.
>
> Thanks
> Colin
> --
> Colin Woolmer
>
>
Yours Truly,
- Karl F. Larsen, k5di@arrl.net (505) 524-3303 -
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 In article <Pine.LNX.4.10.10006081644100.800-100000@cannac.ampr.org>, Karl F. Larsen <k5di@zianet.com> writes > >Not at all sure about NT but in Linux you must run intdb as the posgres >user. It's covered in the documentation which I hope you got with the NT >software. > >On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Colin Woolmer wrote: > >> I am trying to install PostgreSQL 7.0 running under Windows NT. I have >> followed Kevin Lo's instructions and have had no problems until trying >> to run initdb. >> >> I get the following >> >> bash-2.02$ source .bashrc >> bash-2.02$ initdb >> : permission denied >> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb: 34: Syntax error: Bad fd number >> >> Obviously I have a permissions problem, but the install notes did not >> mention anything about settings for specific user accounts. My mounts >> are as follows: >> >> Device Directory Type Flags >> i:\postgres\source\pgsql /usr/src/pgsql native text!=binary >> i:\postgres\binary\pgsql /usr/local/pgsql native text=binary >> i:\usr\local\lib /usr/local/lib native text!=binary >> i:\usr\local\include /usr/local/include native text!=binary >> i:\usr\local\bin /usr/local/bin native text!=binary >> i:\unix\root\cygwin-b20\share /sw/cygwin-b20/share native text!=binary >> \\.\tape1: /dev/st1 native text!=binary >> \\.\tape0: /dev/st0 native text!=binary >> \\.\b: /dev/fd1 native text!=binary >> \\.\a: /dev/fd0 native text!=binary >> i:\unix\root\cygwin-b20\H-i586-cygwin32\i586-cygwin32\bin /bin native >> text!=binary >> i:\unix\root / native text!=binary >> >> I am logged in as colin on a NT4 SP5 workstation authenticated by a NT4 >> SP5 server via LAN. I have administrator permissions granted to both >> boxes. >> >> Can anyone help me out here. >> >> Thanks >> Colin >> -- >> Colin Woolmer >> >> > >Yours Truly, > > - Karl F. Larsen, k5di@arrl.net (505) 524-3303 - > > How do I find out what the postgres user is? During install I have run all the commands from a shelled DOS prompt on my current login. The process did not ask for an account name. Would the ./configure in /usr/src/pgsql/src executed before the postgres make have created the default. If so where do I find it or what will it be? Thanks - -- Colin Woolmer -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPsdk version 1.7.1 iQA/AwUBOUCF53phxnfAOsx1EQKC1gCffNHpt/g1rpNUdocXPU4HcIfoAxIAn2zX 9K1EbR4v8dmUNwEsHR81g5dn =hwdR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----