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Re: cygwin v1.3.11-3: problems with postgres
Oliver,
On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 08:33:01AM -0500, Oliver Enseling wrote:
> I am trying to run postgres under cygwin and I just downloaded cygwin
> v.1.3.11-3 this morning. I am getting the following message when
> trying to run a initdb:
>
> I have no name!@OENSELING03D ~
The above and...
> $ initdb
> [snip]
>
> This was the error message issued by that program:
> /usr/bin/postgres: invalid current euid 500
and the above indicate that you do *not* have a valid /etc/passwd and
/etc/group file. Use mkpasswd and mkgroup to regenerate them.
> Does anyone kow wht's going on?
I think so -- see above.
Jason
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