Re: problem about postgresql installation and user login

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Daniel J(dot) Summers" <daniel(dot)summers(dot)2415(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: somnathzankar <zankarsomnath(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: problem about postgresql installation and user login
Date: 2011-01-11 17:42:38
Message-ID: 702.1294767758@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Daniel J. Summers" <daniel(dot)summers(dot)2415(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:55 PM, somnathzankar <zankarsomnath(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>
>> $ sudo su - postgres
>> No directory, logging in with HOME=/
>>
>> so when I'm trying to install postgresql then above warning got to me and it
>> install.
>> but when I'm trying to login by postgres user then above error it shows.

> This just means that the directory /home/postgres wasn't created
> during installation.

I wonder whether Ubuntu uses a separate postgresql-server subpackage for
the server-side stuff. If so, that directory would likely belong to the
server package not the core (client-side) package.

regards, tom lane

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