trouble by running 'Initialize PostgreSQL'

From: "Olavi Tiimus" <olavi(dot)tiimus(at)mail(dot)ee>
To: <pgsql-cygwin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: trouble by running 'Initialize PostgreSQL'
Date: 2003-09-29 09:01:55
Message-ID: 000d01c38668$55cdd760$2100a8c0@olavi
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in postgresql-7.3.4.README there stands..

8. Initialize PostgreSQL (*when running under the "postgres" account*):

$ initdb -D /usr/share/postgresql/data

How can I log on as 'postgres'?

If I put 'su - postgres' then it asks password, I type the password, it says - 'su: incorrect password' The password _is_ correct.

Can anybody help me? Or is there another way to run '$ initdb -D /usr/share/postgresql/data'?

Olavi

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