Re: Newbie [CentOS 5.2] service postgresql initdb

Scott Marlowe wrote:
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I'm sorry, just followed a guide setting up newsgroups. I've put it
right. I also didn't see that it could cause any difficulties to others.

Daneel

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> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 9:25 AM, Daneel <dan(at)dan(dot)dan> wrote:
>> While going through
>> http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Detailed_installation_guides
>> and typing
>> service postgresql start
>> as root I got
>> "/var/lib/pgsql/data is missing. Use "service postgresql initdb" to
>> initialize the cluster first."
>>
>> When I run
>> service postgresql initdb
>> I get
>> "se: [FAILED]".
>> However, /var/lib/pqsql/data is created and user postgres owns it.
>>
>> But then I run
>> service postgresql start
>> and the very same error occurs..
>>
>> Daneel
>>
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