Re: initdb, could not locate postgres executable

On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 11:59:57AM +0300, Grigoriy Puzankin wrote:
... snip ...
> creating configuration files... ok
> creating template1 database in /cygdrive/d/pgsql.data/base/1... ok
> initializing pg_shadow... FATAL: /usr/bin/postgres: could not locate postgres executable

I got this same problem when I ran dbinit in a user account other than the
one that installed Cygwin.  I installed as administrator, then ran as
user.  Switching over to the admin account got it to run fine.

This is explained in the ms faq page patch I mailed to the list the other
day.

--Dan

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