ElayaRaja S <elayaraja.s@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Note: At the time of installing itself i get problem while setting permission as > root& chown postgres.postgres /usr/local/pgsql/ > chown: `postgres.postgres': invalid user Some versions of chown only support the notation user:group not user.group --- looks like yours is one. I suspect also that you failed to create the postgres user account properly. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings