RE: Help

Hi,

Thank you for all the help until now. I will send a summary to
pgsql-cygwin(at)postgresql(dot)org
when I succeed in creating a database on win 2000 O/S with the Cygwin.

Only to update you I reinstall all on my computer.

Running the commands id and pg_id I get

$ id
uid=1001(ilan) gid=513(None) groups=513(None)

But I can not create a db the error that I get
$ createdb iweb
psql: connectDBStart() -- connect() failed: No such file or directory
Is the postmaster running locally
and accepting connections on Unix socket '/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432'?
createdb: database creation failed

I can not start the postmaster I get .

$ postmaster
postmaster does not know where to find the database system data. You must
speci
fy the directory that contains the database system either by specifying the
-D i
nvocation option or by setting the PGDATA environment variable.

Best Regards,
Ilan

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Tishler [mailto:Jason(dot)Tishler(at)dothill(dot)com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 3:31 PM
To: Ilan Fait
Cc: Pgsql-Cygwin
Subject: Re: [CYGWIN] Help

Ilan,

In the future, please post to pgsql-cygwin(at)postgresql(dot)org instead of
sending private email so others can benefit too.

On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 10:19:37AM +0300, Ilan Fait wrote:
> $ createdb iweb
> psql: FATAL: PQsetdbLogin(): Unable to determine a Postgres username!
> createdb: database creation failed
>
> So I try to create a user I get:
>
> $ createuser iweb
> Shall the new user be allowed to create databases? (y/n) y
> Shall the new user be allowed to create more new users? (y/n) y
> psql: FATAL: PQsetdbLogin(): Unable to determine a Postgres username!
> createuser: creation of user "iweb" failed

The above indicates that your Cygwin setup is not correct. Did you
create a /etc/passwd or /etc/group file via mkpasswd -l >/etc/passwd and
mkgroup -l >/etc/group, respectively? What happens when you execute id
or pg_id?

A temporary workaround to your Cygwin setup problem is to use the
PGUSER environment variable or the -U option to createdb (and other
PostgreSQL commands). However, you really need to rectify your Cygwin
setup problem(s).

>  If I try to logon I get:
>
>  $ su administrator
> Password:
> LogonUser error! (rc=1722)
> The RPC server is unavailable

Cygwin support for su is very recent and requires some effort to setup;
otherwise, su will *not* work as under UNIX. Nevertheless, proper su
operation is not necessary to get PostgreSQL to run under Cygwin.

Jason

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