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From: xav guerin <xavtoo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] su postgres = "cannot retrieve authentication info"
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 14:13:51
Message-Id: 968408b805081007062bb2e4c6@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] su postgres = "cannot retrieve authentication info" by Craig Duncan
1 I just encounter this problem.
2 It seems /etc/shadow is not updated while merging postgres, so you
3 just have to had this line to your shadow file:
4 "
5 postgres:*:9797:0:::::
6 "
7
8 It solves the problem for me.
9
10 Xavier Guerin
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13 2005/7/22, Craig Duncan <craigduncan@×××××××.com>:
14 > When I try and start postgres, I get the following error
15 > su: Authentication service cannot retrieve authentication info.
16 >
17 > The same error message appears if I try 'su - postgres', but not when I
18 > login as root or as myself. Any ideas?
19 >
20 > Craig
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