On 12/1/06, Manish Pillai <manishg_pillai@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi
> I installed 8.1.4 POSTGRESQL RPMS on my system. When I tried to run
> /etc/init.d/postgresql start I got this error.
>
> [*root@newdell init.d]# ./postgresql start
> Initializing database: mkdir: cannot create directory
> `/var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_log': File exists
> [FAILED]
> Starting postgresql service: [FAILED]
> *
> Then i removed "pg_log" and given
>
> [*root@newdell data]# pg_ctl --log /tmp/pg.log start
> pg_ctl: cannot be run as root
> Please log in (using, e.g., "su") as the (unprivileged) user that will
> own the server process.
>
> *
> Then i cahnged the user as postgres
>
> [*root@newdell data]# su postgres
> bash-3.00$ pg_ctl --log /tmp/pg.log start
> pg_ctl: no database directory specified and environment variable PGDATA
> unset
> Try "pg_ctl --help" for more information.
> bash-3.00$
> *
> Please help me
>

you should 'su - postgres' instead of 'su postgres' and try again.
probably PGDATA is not getting set because of that.

regds
mallah.


from man page of su
-------------------

su is used to become another user during a login session. Invoked without a
username, su defaults to becoming the super user. The optional argument -
may be used to provide an environment similar to what the user would expect
had the user logged in directly.




Thanks
> Manish
>
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