Re: BUG #6488: Installation instructions slightly wrong.

linehanp(at)tcd(dot)ie writes:
> The short version of the instructions say

> ========================
> Short Version

> ./configure
> gmake
> su
> gmake install
> adduser postgres
> mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/data
> chown postgres /usr/local/pgsql/data
> su - postgres
> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres -D /usr/local/pgsql/data >logfile 2>&1 &
> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/createdb test
> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql test
> =================================

> but, there should be an "exit" between
> the lines
> chown postgres /usr/local/pgsql/data
> su - postgres
> otherwise, the system gets confused with
> file permissions for the data directory
> and throws the error
> ==========================
> FATAL: data directory "/usr/local/pgsql/data" has group or world access
> ==========================

You more than likely will have to adjust the permissions on the data
directory when following this recipe, but I don't see how exiting from
the first "su" there would fix it. All it's likely to do is add extra
steps because you no longer have root permissions to do the second "su"
with.

regards, tom lane