changing user within a post install.

[Jon South]

Dennis Veatch wrote:
--SNIP--
> su postgres &&
> cd /var/lib/pgsql &&
> /usr/bin/initdb -D /var/lib/pgsql/data
--SNIP--

This wont work, since su just returns without doing anything...Try this 
instead:

su -l postgres -s /bin/sh -c "/usr/bin/initdb -D /var/lib/pgsql/data"

BTW: it looks to me like you dont need the cd, since you're passing the 
whole directory to the command...if that's not the case, just add 'cd 
/dir && ' to the -c arg.

-Striker

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