Re: initdb failing (10.4 centos7)

[Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 05/19/2018 03:16 PM, Michael Nolan wrote:
> On Sat, May 19, 2018 at 2:16 PM, Don Seiler <don@xxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:don@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     On Sat, May 19, 2018 at 2:10 PM, Michael Nolan <htfoot@xxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:htfoot@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>         initdb is failing on Centos 7 with 10.4 because the install
>         procedure does not change the ownership of the /usr/local/pgsql
>         directory to postgres.
>
>         Changing the ownership fixes the problem, but the install
>         procedure should do this. 
>
>
>
>     Are you using the PGDG repo packages, or the default CentOS repo
>     packages? You should use PGDG and those should install under
>     /var/lib/pgsql.
>
>     Don.
>     -- 
>     Don Seiler
>     www.seiler.us <http://www.seiler.us>
>
>
> I was installing from source code, so I did a configure and a build (as 
> postgres) and then an install (as root).

Then setting up the $DATADIR is on you:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/install-short.html


> --
> Mike Nolan


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Adrian Klaver
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