Re: : permission denied initdb: 34: Syntax error: Bad fd number

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In article <Pine(dot)LNX(dot)4(dot)10(dot)10006081644100(dot)800-100000(at)cannac(dot)ampr(dot)org>,
Karl F. Larsen <k5di(at)zianet(dot)com> writes
>
>Not at all sure about NT but in Linux you must run intdb as the posgres
>user. It's covered in the documentation which I hope you got with the NT
>software.
>
>On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Colin Woolmer wrote:
>
>> I am trying to install PostgreSQL 7.0 running under Windows NT. I have
>> followed Kevin Lo's instructions and have had no problems until trying
>> to run initdb.
>>
>> I get the following
>>
>> bash-2.02$ source .bashrc
>> bash-2.02$ initdb
>> : permission denied
>> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb: 34: Syntax error: Bad fd number
>>
>> Obviously I have a permissions problem, but the install notes did not
>> mention anything about settings for specific user accounts. My mounts
>> are as follows:
>>
>> Device Directory Type Flags
>> i:\postgres\source\pgsql /usr/src/pgsql native text!=binary
>> i:\postgres\binary\pgsql /usr/local/pgsql native text=binary
>> i:\usr\local\lib /usr/local/lib native text!=binary
>> i:\usr\local\include /usr/local/include native text!=binary
>> i:\usr\local\bin /usr/local/bin native text!=binary
>> i:\unix\root\cygwin-b20\share /sw/cygwin-b20/share native text!=binary
>> \\.\tape1: /dev/st1 native text!=binary
>> \\.\tape0: /dev/st0 native text!=binary
>> \\.\b: /dev/fd1 native text!=binary
>> \\.\a: /dev/fd0 native text!=binary
>> i:\unix\root\cygwin-b20\H-i586-cygwin32\i586-cygwin32\bin /bin native
>> text!=binary
>> i:\unix\root / native text!=binary
>>
>> I am logged in as colin on a NT4 SP5 workstation authenticated by a NT4
>> SP5 server via LAN. I have administrator permissions granted to both
>> boxes.
>>
>> Can anyone help me out here.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Colin
>> --
>> Colin Woolmer
>>
>>
>
>Yours Truly,
>
> - Karl F. Larsen, k5di(at)arrl(dot)net (505) 524-3303 -
>
>
How do I find out what the postgres user is?
During install I have run all the commands from a shelled DOS prompt
on my current login. The process did not ask for an account name. Would
the ./configure in /usr/src/pgsql/src executed before the postgres make
have created the default. If so where do I find it or what will it be?

Thanks

- --
Colin Woolmer

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