New Solaris FAQ.

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Bruce Momjian 1999-09-27 16:54:01 +00:00
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@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL V6.5
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)
@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ Contents:
1.4) Why am I getting "Can't tell what username to use" errors
when I try to run initdb?
A) Contributors
Notes:
- The commands given here are for the bash shell. If you use
@ -125,7 +129,7 @@ maximum segment size kernel parameter is set too low. The solution
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
@ -140,3 +144,22 @@ Put something like this into the .bash_profile startup script
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
because the value is a signed integer in Solaris versions prior to 2.6.