On 2001.01.19 03:14:32 +0100 Tom Lane wrote:
> That's an interesting definition of "doing its job" :-(.
>
> How about you show us the exact output you're getting, not an
> interpretation?
7.0.3 on RedHat 6.2 with kernel 2.4.0
postgres]$ initdb -D /home/postgres
This database system will be initialized with username "postgres".
This user will own all the data files and must also own the server process.
Fixing permissions on pre-existing data directory /home/postgres
Creating database system directory /home/postgres/base
Creating database XLOG directory /home/postgres/pg_xlog
Creating template database in /home/postgres/base/template1
Creating global relations in /home/postgres/base
Adding template1 database to pg_database
/usr/bin/initdb: /tmp/initdb.29795: Permission denied
/usr/bin/initdb: /tmp/initdb.29795: Permission denied
/usr/bin/initdb: /tmp/initdb.29795: Permission denied
/usr/bin/initdb: /tmp/initdb.29795: No such file or directory
initdb failed.
Removing /home/postgres.
rm: cannot remove directory `/home/postgres': Permission denied
Failed.
Removing temp file /tmp/initdb.29795.
Cheers
Tony Grant
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