Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres without the postgres user and group on Linux?

2013-01-23 Thread Plugge, Joe R.
: Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres without the postgres user and group on Linux? "Plugge, Joe R." writes: > Understood, but I thought that the install routine (in this case compiled > from source on RHEL 6) will create the local user and group named postgres > and chown the c

Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres without the postgres user and group on Linux?

2013-01-23 Thread Tom Lane
"Plugge, Joe R." writes: > Understood, but I thought that the install routine (in this case compiled > from source on RHEL 6) will create the local user and group named postgres > and chown the config and data dirs to that The unmodified Postgres sources will certainly do no such thing.

Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres without the postgres user and group on Linux?

2013-01-23 Thread Plugge, Joe R.
postgres 4096 Jan 18 10:51 global -Original Message- From: Tom Lane [mailto:t...@sss.pgh.pa.us] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 10:29 AM To: Plugge, Joe R. Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres without the postgres user and group on Linux? "Plugge,

Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres without the postgres user and group on Linux?

2013-01-23 Thread Tom Lane
"Plugge, Joe R." writes: > Is it possible to install and then subsequently run the postgres engine on > Linux without creating the postgres user and group? We have some folks > implementing LDAP that are resistant to creating a postgres account and group > and would rather create machine speci

Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres without the postgres user and group on Linux?

2013-01-23 Thread Zdeněk Bělehrádek
> Is it possible to install and then subsequently run the postgres engine on > Linux without creating the postgres user and group? We have some folks > implementing LDAP that are resistant to creating a postgres account and > group and would rather create machine specific accounts (like one does f

[ADMIN] Installing Postgres without the postgres user and group on Linux?

2013-01-23 Thread Plugge, Joe R.
Is it possible to install and then subsequently run the postgres engine on Linux without creating the postgres user and group? We have some folks implementing LDAP that are resistant to creating a postgres account and group and would rather create machine specific accounts (like one does for Wi

Re: [ADMIN] installing Postgres 8.3 msi getting `Error` = 2888

2010-08-22 Thread Kenichiro Tanaka
Hello. I can't promise to work around the error,but have some ideas. 1)If you installing from a network share , try installing with the install file local. 2)Do you have an Anti-Virus running on your machine? Try stopping Anti Virus before launching the installer. 3)Try changing the defau

[ADMIN] installing Postgres 8.3 msi getting `Error` = 2888

2010-08-17 Thread emmanuel clark
hi I'm trying to install Postgres 8.3 msi. On the 3rd page ie. Initialize database cluster. when we click "Next" button, the page hangs. On the log file. the following error displays. Can anyone please tell me what to do. Action ended 17:28:56: CostFinalize. Return value 1. MSI (c) (4C:38) [17:2

Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres

2007-08-24 Thread Medi Montaseri
uc.edu > > > -Original Message- > From: Tom Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 1:42 PM > To: Campbell, Lance > Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres > > "Campbell, Lance" <[EMAIL PRO

Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres

2007-08-23 Thread Campbell, Lance
23, 2007 11:22 AM To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres OS: redhat linux Version of PostgreSQL: 8.2.4 I had a group that now manages our server set up a directory/partition for us to put postgreSQL into. The directory is called pgsql_data. The directory is

Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres

2007-08-23 Thread Campbell, Lance
@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres "Campbell, Lance" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The solution, based on emails I have received, is to install PostgreSQL > into a subdirectory called "data". I then move the contents of "data" >

Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres

2007-08-23 Thread Tom Lane
"Campbell, Lance" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The solution, based on emails I have received, is to install PostgreSQL > into a subdirectory called "data". I then move the contents of "data" > back a directory. This way I am able to have the files in the directory > I want them in. Even though

Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres

2007-08-23 Thread Tom Lane
"Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Campbell, Lance wrote: >> As I stated in my original email I know I can install the database in a >> subdirectory of /abc/def/pgsql_data. I know that. > You can not install into a mount point. That is your problem. That is > what the lost+found is t

Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres

2007-08-23 Thread Joshua D. Drake
; Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 12:10 PM > To: Campbell, Lance > Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres > > Campbell, Lance wrote: >> Command I use to initialize the database with: > >> /usr/bin/initdb -D /abc/def/pgsql_data > >

Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres

2007-08-23 Thread Campbell, Lance
: Thursday, August 23, 2007 12:10 PM To: Campbell, Lance Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Campbell, Lance wrote: > Command I use to initialize the database with: > > /usr/bin/initdb -D /abc/def/pgsql_data >

Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres

2007-08-23 Thread Joshua D. Drake
rvices.uiuc.edu > > > -Original Message- > From: Joshua D. Drake [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 11:59 AM > To: Campbell, Lance > Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres > > Campbell, Lance wrote:

Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres

2007-08-23 Thread Campbell, Lance
MAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 11:59 AM To: Campbell, Lance Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Campbell, Lance wrote: > This is not an ownership issue. It does try to install PostgreSQL. It &g

Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres

2007-08-23 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Lance > Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres > > Campbell, Lance wrote: >> OS: redhat linux > >> Version of PostgreSQL: 8.2.4 > > > >> I had a group that now manages our server set up a directory/partition >> f

Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres

2007-08-23 Thread Campbell, Lance
: Campbell, Lance Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Campbell, Lance wrote: > OS: redhat linux > > Version of PostgreSQL: 8.2.4 > > > > I had a group that now manages our server set up a dire

Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres

2007-08-23 Thread Joshua D. Drake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Campbell, Lance wrote: > OS: redhat linux > > Version of PostgreSQL: 8.2.4 > > > > I had a group that now manages our server set up a directory/partition > for us to put postgreSQL into. The directory is called pgsql_data. The > directory is mor

[ADMIN] Installing Postgres

2007-08-23 Thread Campbell, Lance
OS: redhat linux Version of PostgreSQL: 8.2.4 I had a group that now manages our server set up a directory/partition for us to put postgreSQL into. The directory is called pgsql_data. The directory is more than a regular directory. It contains a subdirectory called "lost+found". I would as

Re: [ADMIN] Installing postgres now. What is a good shareware admin

2006-12-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Under windows pgAdmin works very well. If you install in under Linux I recommends you phpPgAdmin that is a wphp web application accessible from everywhere depending sour server accesses Olivier Shoaib Mir a écrit : Windows installer has pgAdmin bundled in, which can serve as a very easy to u

Re: [ADMIN] Installing postgres now. What is a good shareware admin program?

2006-12-09 Thread Shoaib Mir
Windows installer has pgAdmin bundled in, which can serve as a very easy to use database administration software. Thanks, -- Shoaib Mir EnterpriseDB (www.enterprisedb.com) On 12/10/06, Philippe Salama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks for install link. Can anyone recommend a good free

[ADMIN] Installing postgres now. What is a good shareware admin program?

2006-12-09 Thread Philippe Salama
Thanks for install link. Can anyone recommend a good freeware admin program for posgresql. Thanks! Anyone use navicat (which is not free i know). Any opinions? Thanks! Shoaib Mir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You can get that from here --> http://wwwmaster.postgresql.org/download/mirrors-ftp?file

Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres 8.1 as a service pn Windows only

2006-09-19 Thread Magnus Hagander
> Hi folks, > > how can i install Postgres 8.1 on a WinXP client as service only ? > The server is running on another machine. If i install with the msi > without the database, but the interfaces and start the service, the > service answers in the system event list "Service is startet and > ended

[ADMIN] Installing Postgres 8.1 as a service pn Windows only

2006-09-18 Thread Josef Springer
Title: Signature Hi folks, how can i install Postgres 8.1 on a WinXP client as service only ? The server is running on another machine. If i install with the msi without the database, but the interfaces and start the service, the service answers in the system event list "Service is startet and

Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres 8.1.4 on Linux RedHat

2006-08-16 Thread Amit Phatarphekar
:03 PM To: Amit Phatarphekar Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres 8.1.4 on Linux RedHat Hello, On Tue, 2006-08-15 at 11:07 -0700, Amit Phatarphekar wrote: > I can't download anything from > http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/v8.1.4/linux/rpms/redha

Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres 8.1.4 on Linux RedHat

2006-08-15 Thread Devrim GUNDUZ
Hello, On Tue, 2006-08-15 at 11:07 -0700, Amit Phatarphekar wrote: > I can't download anything from > http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/v8.1.4/linux/rpms/redhat/rhel-es-4/, > because when I go to any of the mirror sites, it just doesn't workand all > I see is some unfinished html page. M

Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres 8.1.4 on Linux RedHat

2006-08-15 Thread imad
Amit, I can replicate the problem. Check if you have any plugins installed for your browser like real player etc. --Imad On 8/15/06, Andy Shellam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The links work for me (downloading from australia 2.) Are you using a proxy server? I do at times from work, and the P

Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres 8.1.4 on Linux RedHat

2006-08-15 Thread imad
Amit, Installation is quite simple and straight forward. Since you will be installing binary on redhat, you will need to work with Redhat Package Manager (RPM). Just issue the command as a root user: rpm -i This will install the specific postgresql package which you have downloaded. To start

Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres 8.1.4 on Linux RedHat

2006-08-15 Thread Andy Shellam
The links work for me (downloading from australia 2.) Are you using a proxy server? I do at times from work, and the PG mirrors don't seem to like proxies - or my proxy doesn't like the PG mirrors which is probably closer to the point :P (the proxy server always reports an error contacting t

[ADMIN] Installing Postgres 8.1.4 on Linux RedHat

2006-08-15 Thread Amit Phatarphekar
I'm trying to install Postgres 8.1.4 server on our CentOS distribution of RedHat Linux environment.   I have 2 choices 1. Build it ground up from the source code (from http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/v8.1.4/) 2. Using binaries (from http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/v8.1.4/linux/rp

Re: [ADMIN] installing postgres on solaris

2005-07-06 Thread Michael Fuhr
[Please copy the mailing list on replies so others can contribute to and learn from the discussion.] On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 08:40:10PM -0500, Mogin Mohandas wrote: > No..Im just downloading it from the website. So its from source. The > install 'read only' talks about the 'su' command which made

Re: [ADMIN] installing postgres on solaris

2005-07-06 Thread Jonathan Daugherty
# > I am experiencing some problems installing postgresql on solaris # > machine. First of all , is it required that I be root at the time of # > configuring it because the commands seem to be for root. How do I # > configure if I am not the root. # # You typically do not need to be root to i

Re: [ADMIN] installing postgres on solaris

2005-07-06 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 08:08:17PM -0500, Mogin Mohandas wrote: > I am experiencing some problems installing postgresql on solaris > machine. First of all , is it required that I be root at the time of > configuring it because the commands seem to be for root. How do I > configure if I am not

Re: [ADMIN] installing postgres on solaris

2005-07-06 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Mogin Mohandas wrote: Hi, I am experiencing some problems installing postgresql on solaris machine. First of all , is it required that I be root at the time of configuring it because the commands seem to be for root. How do I configure if I am not the root. You typically do not need to b

[ADMIN] installing postgres on solaris

2005-07-06 Thread Mogin Mohandas
Hi, I am experiencing some problems installing postgresql on solaris machine. First of all , is it required that I be root at the time of configuring it because the commands seem to be for root. How do I configure if I am not the root. Thank you Mogin ---(en

Re: [ADMIN] Installing PostGres

2005-04-23 Thread Geoffrey
Nikhil Pant wrote: Could you tell me whether Novell supports postgres 8.0? Could you tell me the procedure if it does? SuSE 9.3 Professional comes with Postgresql 8.0.1, so I would suspect they do support it. I'm not sure what version comes with their higher end (server) products. Here's a link

[ADMIN] Installing PostGres

2005-04-22 Thread Nikhil Pant
Title: Installing PostGres Could you tell me whether Novell supports postgres 8.0? Could you tell me the procedure if it does? DISCLAIMER and CONFIDENTIALITY CAUTION: This e-mail and any attached files are confidential, proprietary, and may also be legally privileged information, and ar

Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres - newbie

2004-11-04 Thread Pallav Kalva
Thanks! for all the quick replies, looks like it is better to install all the packages as our environment needs all of them. I was under the impression that (postgresql-7.4.6-2PGDG.i686.rpm or postgresql-server-7.4.6-2PGDG.i686.rpm ) one of these packages is the super set of all the packages an

Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres - newbie

2004-11-04 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Pallav Kalva wrote: > How do i know which one is for installing the Postgres server and > what are the other packages for ? rpm -qpi packagefile -- Peter Eisentraut http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/ ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 2: you

Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres - newbie

2004-11-04 Thread Devrim GUNDUZ
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, On Thu, 4 Nov 2004, Pallav Kalva wrote: I am installing Postgres for the first time on my Linux machine , I found the following RPM packages for the RedHat 9 postgresql-7.4.6-2PGDG.i686.rpm postgresql-contrib-7.4.6-2PGDG.i686.rpm postgresq

Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres - newbie

2004-11-04 Thread Tom Lane
Pallav Kalva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How do i know which one is for installing the Postgres server and > what are the other packages for ? You could read the package descriptions ... > do i have to install all these packages too ? Might as well. The ones that could reasonably be cons

[ADMIN] Installing Postgres - newbie

2004-11-04 Thread Pallav Kalva
Hi, I am installing Postgres for the first time on my Linux machine , I found the following RPM packages for the RedHat 9 postgresql-7.4.6-2PGDG.i686.rpm postgresql-contrib-7.4.6-2PGDG.i686.rpm postgresql-devel-7.4.6-2PGDG.i686.rpm postgresql-docs-7.4.6-2PGDG.i686.rpm postgre

[ADMIN] Installing Postgres with support for Greek Characters

2002-01-14 Thread Peter Wood
Greetings, Is there support for Greek characters using ISO-8859-7 in the latest production version of Postgres, v7.1.3? I can see that it is possible to use ./configure --enable-multibyte[=encoding_system] --enable-locale but the list of available encodings does not seem to include ISO-8859-

[ADMIN] Installing Postgres v7.1.3 with support for Greek Characters

2002-01-10 Thread Peter Wood
Greetings, Is there support for Greek characters using ISO-8859-7 in the latest production version of Postgres, v7.1.3? I can see that it is possible to use ./configure --enable-multibyte[=encoding_system] --enable-locale but the list of available encodings does not seem to include ISO-8859-

[ADMIN] installing postgres on irix 6.5.13

2001-11-15 Thread Luis Amigo
A few weeks ago we installed postgres 7.1.3 we had a lot of problems cause we were taking assembling errors with gcc. After a lot of attempts we were able to install postgres by using (sgi cc) -with--template=irix5 with these modifications: -- CC=cc CFLAGS='-n32 -O2 -r12000

[ADMIN] Installing Postgres 6.4 on SGI IRIX 6.5

1998-11-19 Thread G. Anthony Reina
I had no trouble installing Postgres 6.4 onto my RH Linux 5.1 box. However, I can't seem to get past the configure point for my SGI's running IRIX 6.5. I run configure --with-template=irix5 and get the error "can't create executables with gcc". I am pretty sure that the gcc on our machine is for

RE: [ADMIN] Installing postgres on redhat 5.0

1998-06-01 Thread Jackson, DeJuan
> initdb: warning: Make install has not been run > initdb: could not find template files > initdb: set POSTGRESTEMP to the proper directory and rerun. So did you run make install? -DEJ

[ADMIN] Installing postgres on redhat 5.0

1998-05-31 Thread Leon Harris
Hi to all. Me again ! I can't get postgress to work on my red hat system. I have tried a number of ways: using the rpms (versions 6.3.2-4.i386.rpm). These would not allow me to add users, or to create a database, or to run the regression tests. I played with the environmental variables, but to