On Thu, 11 Sep 2003, Tran Anh Tu wrote: > Hi all! > I have installed Mandrake 9.0. and postgresql is installed automatically. > When I start postgresql by the command: > postmaster -i > have a error message: > > The server must be started under an unprivileged user id to prevent > a possible system security compromise. See the documentation for > more information on how to properly start the server. > > With Mandrake 8.0, I do nothing to config postgresql. So what I can do to > config it now? Please help me! thank you very much. Is this an RPM install or a .tar.gz install? If an RPM install, try, as root: service pgsql start Note that pgsql may not be the name, it could be something else. look for a file in /etc/rc.d/init.d with a name that seems like postgresql and substitute it for pgsql above. If it is a tar.gz install, you'll have to create an account (or use one that already exists) to 'initdb', set PGDATA and 'pg_ctl start' or 'postmaster -i -D datadir'
