Sun Solaris Specific
TO BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NORMAL FAQ
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-last updated: Thu Sep 2 11:40:00 CET 1999
+last updated: Thu Sep 21 9:30:00 CET 1999
current maintainer: Marc Liyanage (liyanage@access.ch)
original author: Marc Liyanage (liyanage@access.ch)
1.4) Why am I getting "Can't tell what username to use" errors
when I try to run initdb?
+A) Contributors
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Notes:
- The commands given here are for the bash shell. If you use
is to put something like the following line into /etc/system and
reboot the system.
-set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=0xffffffff
+set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=0x7fffffff
Excellent info regarding shared memory under Solaris can be found here:
http://www.sunworld.com/swol-09-1997/swol-09-insidesolaris.html
of the postgres user (see also step 17 in the INSTALL file):
export USER=postgres
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+Section A: Contributors
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+- Jose Luis Rodriguez Garcia
+ Suggested to change the shmmax parameter in 1.3 from 0xffffffff to 0x7fffffff
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