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Re: postgresql question
- From: Jason Tishler <jason at tishler dot net>
- To: Michelle Wang <mwang at mcs dot anl dot gov>
- Cc: Cygwin <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 14:50:30 -0500
- Subject: Re: postgresql question
- References: <5.1.1.6.2.20030103163103.01db4258@pop.mcs.anl.gov>
Michelle,
Please post instead of sending private email. Not only is it the more
appropriate way to solicit help, you may find that you get a better
response time too.
On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 04:58:52PM -0800, Michelle Wang wrote:
> I tried to build PostgreSql on Windows 2000 according to
> postgresql-7.3.README file. The thing is after I created the
> "postgres" user account by
>
> # net user postgres /add /fullname:postgres /comment:'PostgreSQL user account' /homedir:"$(cygpath -w /home/postgres)"
> # mkpasswd -l -u postgres >>/etc/passwd
>
> I could not login "postgres" by ssh.
Did you set up ssh?
> I tried to check if the user "postgres" existed. I found that I could
> see it by ControlPanel->Users and Passwd. But the dir
> C:\cygwin\home\postgres didn't exist.
Did you create "C:\cygwin\home\postgres"?
> Any idea about that?
Note that you can always just login as postgres to run initdb, if you
don't have ssh set up. Since I already have it set up, I find this way
to switch user to be *much* more convenient.
> Thanks a lot,
You are welcome.
Jason
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