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Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 07:57:45 -0400
From: Jason Tishler <jason AT tishler DOT net>
Subject: Re: help!
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Valéry,

Please post instead of sending private email.

On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 11:26:20PM +0200, Valéry Touodop wrote:
> I'm facing a problem when instlling Postgres 7.2.1 on Window Me. after
> the complete setup when I'm trying to start the database (initdb), the
> following error occurs :
> 
> C:\PGSQL\POSTGRES_BETA4\PG_ID.EXE could not retrieve the name of the
> current user Error Code=1245
> 
> initdb could not determine current user name;

The above indicates that your Cygwin environment is not set up
correctly.

> How can I solve this?

Running mkpasswd and/or mkgroup should help.

> Thank U for helping me

You are welcome.

Jason

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