Re: install

silly me! i was trying "adduser" when the command i needed to use was
"useradd"....boy do i feel stupid....now i'm at the part where i do "su -
postgres" and its asking me for a password but i don't remember ever setting
up one...any ideas?


On Wednesday 01 March 2006 08:51, crdandridge1@comcast.net wrote:
> i am trying to add user as root and i'm still getting that error
> message...i'm just about ready to give up on postgres b/c i can't get past
> this step of the installation guide of the manual.
>
> On Wednesday 01 March 2006 01:41, Christoph Della Valle wrote:
> > sounds a bit silly, but are you sure you tried to add user as ROOT?
> > "command not found" mostly occurs with insufficient rights
> >
> > crdandridge1@comcast.net schrieb:
> > > adduser postgres comes back with error "command not found" how can i
> > > fix this? do i need to download something else with this source
> > > package? i installed 8.1.3, i guess from source on ftp, and i'm running
> > > linux 10.0 thanks
> > >
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> > > planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining
> > > column's datatypes do not match
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> > TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ?
> >
> >                http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
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