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Bug 11276 - postgresql-7.2.3-r1 config permission denied
Summary: postgresql-7.2.3-r1 config permission denied
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 10367
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Ryan Phillips (RETIRED)
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Reported: 2002-11-26 17:44 UTC by Nathaniel C. Domingo
Modified: 2007-09-22 23:10 UTC (History)
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Description Nathaniel C. Domingo 2002-11-26 17:44:27 UTC 
running 
ebuild /var/db/pkg/dev-db/postgresql-7.2.3-r1.ebuild config 
results in the following output: 
 
* >>> Creating data directory ... 
* >>> Initializing the database ... 
/usr/bin/initdb: /dev/null: Permission denied 
/usr/bin/initdb: /dev/null: Permission denied 
/usr/bin/initdb: /dev/null: Permission denied 
/usr/bin/initdb: /dev/null: Permission denied 
The program 
	'/usr/bin/postgres' 
needed by initdb does not belong to PostreSQL version 7.2.3 or 
there may be a configuration problem. 
 
This was the error message issued by the program: 
/usr/bin/initdb: /dev/null: Permission denied
Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2002-11-26 18:23:10 UTC 
please provide `emerge info`
Comment 2 Nathaniel C. Domingo 2002-11-26 20:13:11 UTC 
This is the result of emerge info

Portage 2.0.44 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2, glibc-2.2.5-r7)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.4.19-gentoo-r9 i686 Pentium III (Katmai)
USE="x86 oss 3dnow apm avi crypt cups encode gif gpm java jpeg libg++ mikmod 
mmx mpeg ncurses nls pdflib png qtmt quicktime spell truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib 
gdbm berkdb slang readline arts tetex svga tcltk guile postgres X sdl tcpd pam 
libwww ssl perl python esd imlib oggvorbis gnome gtk qt kde motif opengl ldap"
ARCH="x86"
COMPILER="gcc3"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O3 -mcpu=pentium3 -march=pentium3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer "
CXXFLAGS="-O3 -mcpu=pentium3 -march=pentium3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer "
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share
/config /usr/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
JDK_HOME="/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.3.1"
JAVA_HOME="/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.3.1"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo"
Comment 3 Ryan Phillips (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2002-12-14 19:07:09 UTC 
try changing the postgres user in /etc/passwd to a shell account.
Comment 4 Ryan Phillips (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-01-31 16:49:45 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 10367 ***