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Date: Fri, 17 Jun 94 10:49:04 EDT
From: ho@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu (cheng ho)
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Subject: postgres w/o superuser
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Resent-Date: Fri, 17 Jun 94 07:49:09 -0700
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Hi,

 Anybody out there ever install 'postgres' w/o using superuser privilege ?

 I tried it by following the instructions on p.6 "POSTGRES INSTALLATION 
INSTRUCTIONS, Release 4.2". N.G. Everything went alright in 'bmake all install',
except the part to intall 'postmaster'. The message is :

 PG_UID=`./pg_id ho`;  POSTGRESLOGIN=ho; case $PG_UID in "NOUSER")  echo "Warning: no account named ho, using yours"; POSTGRESLOGIN=`whoami`;  PG_UID=`./pg_id`;;  esac ; for bki in global1.bki local1_template1.bki ; do  sed  -e "s/postgres PGUID/$POSTGRESLOGIN $PG_UID/"  -e "s/PGUID/$PG_UID/"  < $bki > $bki.sed ;  install -c -o ho -g ho -m 444  $bki.sed /local/users/starbuck/ho/postgres4.2/data/files/$bki;  rm -f $bki.sed;  install -c -o ho -g ho -m 444  $bki /local/users/starbuck/ho/postgres4.2/data/files/$bki.source;  done

('ho', in above, is the user name.) I don't quite understand all these.
But, 'postermaster' would not run !

I do have a 'postgres 4.1' running on the same mechine ? I wonder that causes
the problem. 

Help ! Help !


- cheng -


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