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Re: help!
- From: Jason Tishler <jason at tishler dot net>
- To: Valéry Touodop <v_touodop at yahoo dot fr>
- Cc: Cygwin <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 07:57:45 -0400
- Subject: Re: help!
- References: <20030606212620.13285.qmail@web80512.mail.yahoo.com>
Valéry,
Please post instead of sending private email.
On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 11:26:20PM +0200, Valéry Touodop wrote:
> I'm facing a problem when instlling Postgres 7.2.1 on Window Me. after
> the complete setup when I'm trying to start the database (initdb), the
> following error occurs :
>
> C:\PGSQL\POSTGRES_BETA4\PG_ID.EXE could not retrieve the name of the
> current user Error Code=1245
>
> initdb could not determine current user name;
The above indicates that your Cygwin environment is not set up
correctly.
> How can I solve this?
Running mkpasswd and/or mkgroup should help.
> Thank U for helping me
You are welcome.
Jason
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