Ok - so you are su'ing to a non root user? Should be ok, but
(particularly sudo) does not always set up path etc nicely. See if
things work logging in directly (as the non root) user that is running
the postgres binaries.
On 09/07/18 00:17, Mohammed Shahid Nawaz wrote:
Hi Mark,
Hence we run using sudo command or with 'su' from the root.
I have been running this command through from admin for version
9.6.3., it works.
Thanks
Mohammed Shahid Nawaz
On Sun 8 Jul, 2018, 5:42 PM Mark Kirkwood,
<mark.kirkwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:mark.kirkwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
wrote:
Hmm - Postgres will refuse to run as the root user (security reasons).
On 08/07/18 23:21, Mohammed Shahid Nawaz wrote:
> Hi Mark,
> I have built the source code on 64bit and trying to run on 64bit
system.
>
> The same build works on 64bit non-root user login of the same
system.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Mohammed Shahid Nawaz
>
> On Sun 8 Jul, 2018, 3:38 PM Mark Kirkwood,
> <mark.kirkwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:mark.kirkwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
<mailto:mark.kirkwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:mark.kirkwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>>
> wrote:
>
> The message 'invalid binary' suggests the wrong architecture
binaries
> are installed (e.g 32 bit on 64 bit machine or vice versa).
if you
> were
> missing the initdb binary your would get a different message
(e.g):
>
> The The program "initdb" is needed by pg_ctl but was not
found in the
> same directory as "/usr/local/bin/pg_ctl".
>
> regards
> Mark
>
> On 07/07/18 17:37, Mohammed Shahid Nawaz wrote:
> > Hi Shreeyansh,
> > Thank you for the feedback.
> > The problem continues to exist even while using initdb
command.
> >
> > I had been using pg_ctl to initiate a db in my earlier version
> 9.6.3
> > as well.
> >
> > The command goes as follows, and its working on non-root
user login
> > for the same build version 10.4.
> >
> > su - postgres -c '/root/pgsql10x/bin/pg_ctl -D
/root/pgsql10x/data/
> > initdb'
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mohammed Shahid Nawaz
> >
> > On Sat 7 Jul, 2018, 10:42 AM Shreeyansh Dba,
> <shreeyansh2014@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:shreeyansh2014@xxxxxxxxx>
<mailto:shreeyansh2014@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:shreeyansh2014@xxxxxxxxx>>
> > <mailto:shreeyansh2014@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:shreeyansh2014@xxxxxxxxx>
> <mailto:shreeyansh2014@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:shreeyansh2014@xxxxxxxxx>>>> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Mohammed,
> >
> > As I suspect that you are trying to create a cluster but
> pg_ctl is
> > a not a valid option to create a cluster.
> >
> > You can use initdb option for creating a cluster...
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> >
> > <http://www.shreeyansh.com>
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 11:16 PM, mohammed shahid
> > <mohammedshahid.r@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:mohammedshahid.r@xxxxxxxxx>
> <mailto:mohammedshahid.r@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:mohammedshahid.r@xxxxxxxxx>>
> <mailto:mohammedshahid.r@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:mohammedshahid.r@xxxxxxxxx>
> <mailto:mohammedshahid.r@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:mohammedshahid.r@xxxxxxxxx>>>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Hi Kevin,
> >
> > I am new to this forum, but even i am facing this
issue as
> > reported where i
> > get the below error.
> >
> > sudo -u shahid ./pg_ctl -D /root/pgsql10x/data/
initdb
> > invalid binary "/root/pgsql10x/bin/pg_ctl"
> > invalid binary "/root/pgsql10x/bin/pg_ctl"
> > invalid binary "/root/pgsql10x/bin/pg_ctl"
> > The program "initdb" is needed by pg_ctl but was not
> found in the
> > same directory as "pg_ctl".
> > Check your installation.
> >
> > FYI ,
> > I am trying to run this from root.
> > As reported by H S, even i have built from the
source. I am
> > trying version
> > 10. on CentOS7.
> > I downloaded direct from postgres site.
> > I am not facing this problem when i run as
non-root user.
> >
> > I have all the files in the bin directory, as
shared below,
> >
> > -rwxrwxrwx. 1 shahid shahid 7604946 Jul 6 17:19
postgres
> > lrwxrwxrwx. 1 shahid shahid 8 Jul 6 17:19
> postmaster ->
> > postgres
> > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 shahid shahid 908965 Jul 6 17:19 ecpg
> > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 shahid shahid 128690 Jul 6 17:19 initdb
> > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 shahid shahid 30548 Jul 6 17:19
> pg_archivecleanup
> > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 shahid shahid 112608 Jul 6 17:19
> pg_basebackup
> > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 shahid shahid 71241 Jul 6 17:19
> pg_receivewal
> > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 shahid shahid 72771 Jul 6 17:19
> pg_recvlogical
> > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 shahid shahid 30009 Jul 6 17:19
pg_config
> > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 shahid shahid 39920 Jul 6 17:19
> pg_controldata
> > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 shahid shahid 58438 Jul 6 17:19 pg_ctl
> > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 shahid shahid 400623 Jul 6 17:19
pg_dump
> > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 shahid shahid 164991 Jul 6 17:19
pg_restore
> > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 shahid shahid 97686 Jul 6 17:19
pg_dumpall
> > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 shahid shahid 49138 Jul 6 17:19
pg_resetwal
> > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 shahid shahid 88205 Jul 6 17:19
pg_rewind
> > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 shahid shahid 31798 Jul 6 17:19
> pg_test_fsync
> > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 shahid shahid 26337 Jul 6 17:19
> pg_test_timing
> > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 shahid shahid 130515 Jul 6 17:19
pg_upgrade
> > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 shahid shahid 86270 Jul 6 17:19
pg_waldump
> > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 shahid shahid 141273 Jul 6 17:19
pgbench
> > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 shahid shahid 454216 Jul 6 17:19 psql
> > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 shahid shahid 60635 Jul 6 17:19
createdb
> > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 shahid shahid 56335 Jul 6 17:19 dropdb
> > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 shahid shahid 64416 Jul 6 17:19
createuser
> > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 shahid shahid 56305 Jul 6 17:19
dropuser
> > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 shahid shahid 61135 Jul 6 17:19
clusterdb
> > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 shahid shahid 68735 Jul 6 17:19
vacuumdb
> > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 shahid shahid 64047 Jul 6 17:19
reindexdb
> > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 shahid shahid 59104 Jul 6 17:19
pg_isready
> >
> > Thanks
> > Shahid
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Sent from:
> >
http://www.postgresql-archive.org/PostgreSQL-admin-f2076596.html
> >
> >
>
