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 -- PGP/GPG Key: http://www.tishler.net/jason/pubkey.asc or key servers Fingerprint: 7A73 1405 7F2B E669 C19D 8784 1AFD E4CC ECF4 8EF6 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
