Re: Why, why, why

From: Arne Weiner <aswr(at)gmx(dot)de>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Why, why, why
Date: 2001-09-19 17:22:19
Message-ID: 3BA8D44B.1DF7308F@gmx.de
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Timo Lehtinen wrote:
>
> I'am stuck again with this error:
> initdb /data
> cannot create directory '/data: permission denied
>
> initdb failed
>
> I installed postdge earier and got it work. Now I can't get rid out of that
> message. What do I do? This must be very simple....
>
> Timo

Did you set permissons properly. Be sure that the user who issues the
initdb command
has write permisson to '/'.

Arne Weiner.

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