[gentoo-user] su postgres = "cannot retrieve authentication info"

When I try and start postgres, I get the following error su: Authentication service cannot retrieve authentication info. The same error message appears if I try 'su - postgres', but not when I login as root or as myself. Any ideas? Craig -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] su postgres = "cannot retrieve authentication info"

I just encounter this problem. It seems /etc/shadow is not updated while merging postgres, so you just have to had this line to your shadow file: " postgres:*:9797:0: " It solves the problem for me. Xavier Guerin 2005/7/22, Craig Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > When I try and start postgres,