From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
Cc: | Tim Barnard <tbarnard(at)povn(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: 7.1beta4 initdb problem |
Date: | 2001-02-05 03:54:25 |
Message-ID: | 7889.981345265@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Tim Barnard writes:
>> The program '/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres' needed by initdb does not
>> belong to PostgreSQL version 7.1beta4. Check your installation.
> Can you run 'sh -x initdb ...' and show me the output? Some platform
> information would be useful as well.
Ah, I see the problem:
$ bin/postgres -V
postgres (PostgreSQL) 7.1beta4
$ su
Password:
# bin/postgres -V
"root" execution of the PostgreSQL server is not permitted.
The server must be started under an unprivileged userid to prevent
a possible system security compromise. See the INSTALL file for
more information on how to properly start the server.
Probably initdb should have its own check for being run as root;
this seems cleaner than reorganizing the checks in the postgres
executable.
regards, tom lane
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