Le Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 06:03:47PM +0200, François SIMON a écrit : > Le Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 08:20:59AM -0700, Adrian Klaver a écrit : > > On 9/12/24 03:58, François SIMON wrote: > > > Hello All, > > > > > > I am trying to install PostgreSQL 16.4 on AIX 7.1. > > > > > > I get an error at initdb step : > > > > > > performing post-bootstrap initialization ... 2024-09-12 12:09:07.075 CEST [14745748] FATAL: permission denied for table pg_description > > > > That looks like an issue with the user you are running the command as. > > > > What user is that? > > A normal user account. > I think the environment is ok because it works with an initdb built with gcc. # ls -l /prod/postgresql V16.3 -> V16.3-build_gcc V16.3-build_gcc V16.3-build_xlc # initdb Success. You can start the database... # ln -sf V16.3-build_xlc /prod/postgresl/V16.3 V16.3 -> V16.3-build_xlc V16.3-build_gcc V16.3-build_xlc # pg_ctl -l logfile start server started # psql -d template1 psql (16.3à Type "help" for help. template1=# \l List of databases Name -------- postgres template0 template1 ... So the problem seems to come from xlc, and only at initdb step. I can see that initdb runs a backend postgres in single user mode. And this is this backend, when compiled with xlc, that shows : FATAL: permission denied for table pg_description François
