"Daniel J. Summers" <daniel.summers.2415@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:55 PM, somnathzankar <zankarsomnath@xxxxxxxxx> 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 -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin