When I try to initiliase a new database from command prompt i get the following message. "C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.2\bin>initdb -D d:\data\postgres\dbnew The program "postgres" is needed by initdb but was not found in the same directory as "C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.2\bin/initdb". Check your installation." Please note that the slash is in the wrong direction in the error message (before initdb) and the "postgres.exe" is there in the bin directory. Even when I have renewed the installation the same happens. Still no progress. /Anders Adrian Klaver wrote: > > On Wednesday 14 October 2009 6:42:39 am Andale wrote: >> Hi >> >> We have an Postgresql 8.2.5 installation on a Windows server 2003 that >> have >> worked perfectly for our Mediawiki until we tried to update to 8.4. >> Before >> the update we took a backup, stopped the service and took a copy of the >> entire database catalog. We could not make the 8.4 (installed in a >> different directory) work so we decided to go back to the initial >> installation which remained intact. >> >> Then when we try to start the service it fails and we get the message >> "could not open process token: error code 5" in the event viewer, nothing >> else. Now after googling for some hours and days I am stuck. the Postgres >> user are to start the service and so nothing is changed there either. >> Even >> though the database files were not changed, we have also copied the >> entire >> original database back. The installation has been done with the >> "postgresql-8.2-int.msi" package and it has been reapplied with the >> following command, "msiexec /i postgresql-8.2-int.msi REINSTALLMODE=vamus >> REINSTALL=ALL /" >> >> Still no progress. >> >> What to do? >> >> /Anders > > Have you tried getting rid of the data directory you copied back, doing an > initdb to create a new fresh data directory and the restoring from the > backup? > Just to cover the case where you did not copy everything you needed to > when you > made the original copy. > > > > -- > Adrian Klaver > aklaver@xxxxxxxxxxx > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/could-not-open-process-token%3A-error-code-5-tp25891332p25973438.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - general mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
