| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | Tim Barnard <tbarnard(at)povn(dot)com> |
| Cc: | <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: 7.1beta4 initdb problem |
| Date: | 2001-02-05 18:00:44 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.30.0102051856540.762-100000@peter.localdomain |
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Tim Barnard writes:
> Well, I was logged in as postgres when this occured.
> I managed to resolve it by changing permissions on the /progs
> directory to rwx. It had been r-x. Strange error message for a permissions
> problem on a destination directory!
I'm not sure I follow. Given that executing a program doesn't require
write permission I assume this is your PGDATA. But PGDATA isn't checked
until after --version/-V has been evaluated. The easiest thing would be
to check what postgres -V would show (in the broken setup).
--
Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://yi.org/peter-e/
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