Re: [SOLVED] Re: [GENERAL] initdb error: "could not identify current directory" (or, what have i done now?)

OpenMacNews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > whoa! i wasn't suggesting that at all ... rather, perhaps, simply a perms > check > from within the initdb script and an 'informative' error to the > end-user. We're doing the best we can already: when the failure occurs, we really don't know which direc

Re: [SOLVED] Re: [GENERAL] initdb error: "could not identify current directory" (or, what have i done now?)

OpenMacNews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > on my sys: >% ls -ald /Volumes/data > drwxr-x--x 12 openmac wheel 408 Nov 27 15:25 /Volumes/data/ Ah-hah, yes that's undoubtedly it. > if this *does* turn out to be the case, does it make sense to have the script > check perms up through the

[SOLVED] Re: [GENERAL] initdb error: "could not identify current directory" (or, what have i done now?)

hi tom, i think i got it ... keeping in mind your question re: read perms, & reading this thread: and noting

Re: [GENERAL] initdb error: "could not identify current directory" (or, what have i done now?)

OpenMacNews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > then, i stumbled across the following behavior.: > % rm -rf /var/data/pgsql /Volumes/data/pgsql > % ls -ald /var/data/pgsql > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 27 Nov 22 20:26 /var/data/pgsql -> > /Volumes/data/pgsql > % ls -ald /Volumes/data/pgsql >

Re: [GENERAL] initdb error: "could not identify current directory" (or, what have i done now?)

OpenMacNews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> su testuser > % /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb --pgdata=/var/data/pgsql --username=testuser > could not identify current directory: Permission denied What directory are you in when you give this command? (AFAIR su doesn't change directory ... you might

[GENERAL] initdb error: "could not identify current directory" (or, what have i done now?)

hi all, i just clean-rebuilt pgsql8b5 os OSX 10.3.6 the build went fine as before -- no errors reported. per instruction, i've created an unpriv'd user: testuser. now, however, when i try to 'initdb', creating in '/var/data/pgsql': su testuser % /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb --pgdata=/var/data/pgsql