Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 16:24:25 -0400 From: jfreeze@lexmark.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, pgsql-novice@postgreSQL.org Subject: Installing and Running PostgreSQL on FreeBSD 3.1 Message-ID: <199905252025.AA23818@interlock2.lexmark.com>
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I trying to get postgres-6.0.4 working on FreeBSD 3.1. I installed from the ports collection from the Walnut Creek 4 CDROM set. I performed the install by cd /usr/ports/database/postgres make install using the root account. After this, the postgres directory looks like total 7 -rw-r--r-- 1 pgsql pgsql 440 May 24 17:40 .profile drwxr-xr-x 2 pgsql pgsql 512 May 24 17:40 bin drwx------ 3 pgsql pgsql 512 May 24 17:40 data drwxr-xr-x 10 pgsql pgsql 512 May 24 17:40 include drwxr-xr-x 2 pgsql pgsql 512 May 24 17:40 lib drwxr-xr-x 6 pgsql pgsql 512 May 24 17:40 man -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 461 May 24 17:40 post-install-notes When I login in as a normal user, I cannot access a database since I have no rights on the data directory. Why is the data directory set to drwx-------? What went wrong? Although I have read several docs, I am a newby and am not sure what to expect here. (A BSD admin question) Also, the docs seem to suggest that I need to be logged in as user pgsql to start the postmaster. I tried to create this user account but it said that it already existed. I don't remember making it, but if I did, how do I manually delete it and recreate it (since I don't know the password for that user). I am sending this post to both freebsd-questions@freebsd.org and to pgsql-novice@postgreSQL.org since I am not sure which group can best help. Thanks Jim Freeze jim@freeze.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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