[csw-users] postgres binary

[Mark Round]

Hi,

I've replied to your personal mail to me, but thought I'd also reply 
here so it gets in the archives for anyone else experiencing the same 
problem. The issue (I believe) is that the cswpostgres script is 
designed to be run as root, not postgres. It checks for various things, 
sets up the environment, and then switches to the postgres user before 
running the database server. Try becoming root (su,sudo,rbac etc.) and 
then running the script - it should then run without complaining.

Hope this helps,

-Mark
mark at blastwave.org


On 28 Apr 2005, at 7:02 pm, Colton A Smith wrote:

>
> Hi:
>
>   I've just installed the postgresql package (8.0.1) and I'm thrilled 
> about how easy it was.  I'd like to run the database as 'postgres' but 
> when I attempt to do so, I'm prompted for a password:
>
> # su postgres
> $ /etc/init.d/cswpostgres start
> Starting PostgreSQL...
> Password:
>
>   The user 'postgres' is evidently generated by the installation.  
> What should I enter here?
>
> Thanks,
> Colton
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