| From: | Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to> |
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| To: | javier garcia - CEBAS <rn001(at)cebas(dot)csic(dot)es> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: installing postgres7.3.4 problem |
| Date: | 2003-08-26 16:41:33 |
| Message-ID: | 20030826164133.GA16540@wolff.to |
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On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 18:10:10 +0200,
javier garcia - CEBAS <rn001(at)cebas(dot)csic(dot)es> wrote:
> # su - postgres
> (I don't know the meaning of a "login shell", but this is not my problem)
> And then appears the message (in spanish):
> "su: atention: we can't change to the directory /var/lib/pgsql: the directory
> or file doesn't exists"
>
> Previously I had postgres databases in /var/lib/pgsql. But I've uninstalled
> the previously the 7.2 version and I don't know why this happens.
>
> Could anyone guide me with this?
/var/lib/pgsql is the home directory for the postgres user.
You can avoid this problem by not using the - in the su command.
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