[plug] DebNewbie Q?

[sol]

Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima wrote:

> On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, sol wrote:
> 
> 
>> Looks like the same problem. Here's the log:
>> 
>> sol at debian:~$ su -
>> Password:
>> debian:~# su - postgres
>> postgres at debian:~$ createuser -P sol
>> Connection to database 'template1' failed.
>> ERROR:mdopen: couldn't open /var/lib/postgres/data/pg_shadow: Permission 
>> denied
>> 
>> (Is the above what you meant by capturing the command?) Permissions for 
>> this file are set to 600. This is all very strange.
> 
> Perfect.
> Can you do a dpkg --get-selections | grep postgres
> 
> So we can see what [postgres] packages are on the box.
> You did install it from .debs right ??
> You may have said before, what version of debian and postgres are we looking
> at ???
> 
> The perms on the file look right.
> Can you try:
> cd /var/lib/postgres/ && ls -laR
> 
> Yours Tony.
> 
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> 
> 

Okay. This is what I got (as root):
debian:home/sol# dpkg --get-selections | grep postgress
postgresql                                    install
postgresql-client                        install
postgresql-contrib                        install
postgresql-dev                            install
postgresql-doc                            install   
postgresql-pl                                install
postgresql-slink                            install

dselect tells me that postgresql-d is version 6.5.3-26. I installed the 
postgresql packages from the UWA ftp mirror whatever is current and stable.

With regard the ls on /var/lib/postgres I did it, and it's a lot of 
output. I don't know how to pipe the output into my Mozilla mail new 
message. How do you usually pipe output from a console to an outgoing 
email? (I'm still not that familiar with the CLI; I'm just weaning 
myself of the click and drag mentality this last few weeks having moved 
over to Debian without GNOME to hold my hand.)

Thanks,

Sol