RE: Win32 Install
Joseph <lters@mrtc.com>
From: "Joseph" <lters@mrtc.com>
To: <pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org>
Date: 2000-04-17T10:29:11Z
Lists: pgsql-general
> Log in as "postgres" (empty password) and create some users. Do I need to do this at the bash prompt somehow? I don't know how. Or do I log into my nt workstation and change users with the user manager? I guess I am confused how postgress works with users. Joseph -----Original Message----- From: Horst Herb [mailto:hherb@malleenet.net.au] Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2000 10:18 PM To: Joseph Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Win32 Install ----- Original Message ----- From: Joseph <lters@mrtc.com> To: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org> Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 11:55 AM Subject: [GENERAL] Win32 Install > I am trying to run postgress on an NT workstation. > > Do I have to run it in a bash prompt? > > This is the error I get if I try to run postgres.exe at nt cmd prompt: > D:\cygnus\cygwin-b20>postgres > FATAL 1: SetPgUserName: no entry in host passwd file > > The admin.pdf doesn't seem to give much help. > > I am a newbie with Unix or Linux but am very at home in the win32 world. > > Joseph Log in as "postgres" (empty password) and create some users. Horst