On 09/09/2013 05:55 AM, fumihisa.suzuki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hello, > > initdb fails as follows: > > initdb.exe -A md5 -D "C:\Program Files\...\postgresql\data" -E UTF-8 -- > locale C -U postgres --pwfile="C:\Program Files\...\postgresql\pwfile. > txt" > The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user " > u00001". > This user must also own the server process. > The database cluster will be initialized with locale C. > The default text search configuration will be set to "english". > fixing permissions on existing directory C:/Program Files/.../ > postgresql/data ... ok > creating subdirectories ... ok > selecting default max_connections ... 10 > selecting default shared_buffers ... 400kB > creating configuration files ... ok > creating template1 database in C:/Program Files/.../postgresql/data/ > base/1 ... child process exited with exit code 5 > initdb: removing contents of data directory "C:/Program Files/.../ > postgresql/data" > > Wwhat does the exit code 5 mean? http://www.symantec.com/connect/articles/windows-system-error-codes-exit-codes-description 5 Access is denied. My guess, a permissions problem on C:\Program Files\...\postgresql\data. > > Best regards, > Fumihisa Suzuki > > -- Adrian Klaver adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general