I vaguley recall hearing something like this when someone had a space in
their name, try again with a simple user name (eg: postgres)
Hope this helps,
- Stuart
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Raveendra Yerraguntla [mailto:raveendray@hotmail.com]
> Sent: 08 March 2002 14:25
>
> While excuting
> initdb -d /usr/share/postgresql/data
> .
> ....
> .
> .
> Initializing pg_shadow.
>
> initdb failed.
> removing temp file /tmp/initdb.1236
>
>
> Can someone guide me through this.
>
> Thanks
> Raveendra