Re: Regarding Postgres installation and administration on linux suse 9.0

> Right, the postgres server will refuse to run if the controlling user
> is root. You need to reconfigure with a different user account.

On Dec 11, 2004, at 2:01 PM, Timothy Perrigo wrote:

> On Dec 10, 2004, at 4:26 AM, Vikas Kumawat wrote:
>
>>  Dear Sir /Madam,
>>
>>  We are working on Linux suse 9.0 and we have installed Postgres 7.3
>> through yast with the privileges of  "root" user. But we are not able
>> to start / configure the postgres database, Kindly help us in
>> configuring and starting the same database and how can we create
>> database and use it. We will be very thankful to you prompt help.
>>
>> Thanks & Regards
>> Vikas Kumawat
>>
>
> The postgres users should own the data directory, but otherwise should
> not have administrative privileges. What is the specific error you
> are getting?
>
>
>
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