Re: initdb failing (10.4 centos7)

From: Michael Nolan <htfoot(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Don Seiler <don(at)seiler(dot)us>
Cc: "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: initdb failing (10.4 centos7)
Date: 2018-05-19 22:16:25
Message-ID: CAOzAquL_k_dvQbrvGTt63M4uPu-CmUQSpuOQK1=JzLB7VOPE1g@mail.gmail.com
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On Sat, May 19, 2018 at 2:16 PM, Don Seiler <don(at)seiler(dot)us> wrote:

> On Sat, May 19, 2018 at 2:10 PM, Michael Nolan <htfoot(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> initdb is failing on Centos 7 with 10.4 because the install procedure
>> does not change the ownership of the /usr/local/pgsql directory to
>> postgres.
>>
>> Changing the ownership fixes the problem, but the install procedure
>> should do this.
>>
>
>
> Are you using the PGDG repo packages, or the default CentOS repo packages?
> You should use PGDG and those should install under /var/lib/pgsql.
>
> Don.
> --
> Don Seiler
> www.seiler.us
>

I was installing from source code, so I did a configure and a build (as
postgres) and then an install (as root).
--
Mike Nolan

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