Re: Configuring postgresql
On Sat, Jul 24, 1999 at 01:36:52AM +0100, Oliver Elphick was heard to say:
> Daniel Burrows wrote:
> ...
> > This is interesting, because I have yet a third problem with postgresql:
> ...
> >Setting up postgresql (6.5-3) ...
> >Updating /var/postgres/.profile ...
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >Now installing the PostgreSQL database files in /var/postgres/data
> >su postgres -c cd /var/postgres; . .profile; initdb -l /usr/lib/postgresql/l
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >ib -r /var/postgres/data -u postgres
> >.: .profile: not found
>
> ?? Is it there, or isn't it? Please let me know.
bluegreen:~> ls -l /var/postgres/ -a
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 3 postgres postgres 1024 Jul 23 16:08 ./
drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 1024 Jul 23 16:07 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 postgres postgres 171 Jul 23 16:08 .profile
drwx------ 2 postgres postgres 1024 Jul 23 16:08 data/
I should've thought to check that earlier :)
> Ah... does your system need me to use . ./.profile?
I bet that's the problem..
Daniel
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