I've just installed postgresql82-server (8.2.4) and discovered a problem with the instructions and startup script supplied. How do I communicate with the port maintainers? My problems are as follows: ---------------------------- 1. At the end of the installation, the following message is displayed in my terminal window: To create a database instance, after install do sudo mkdir -p /opt/local/var/db/postgresql82/defaultdb sudo chown postgres:postgres /opt/local/var/db/postgresql82/defaultdb sudo su postgres -c '/opt/local/lib/postgresql82/bin/initdb -D /opt/local/var/db/postgresql82/defaultdb' The first two commands worked fine. When I executed the "sudo su postgres -c '/opt/local...'" line, after entering the admin password I would get the following error notification: su: /dev/null: Permission denied Eventually I got around the problem by instead entering the command: sudo -u postgres bash -c '/opt/local...' which worked. (This is probably a little convoluted as "sudo -u postgres /opt/local..." should work too, I think.) -------------------------------- 2. In a similar fashion, the automatically installed file /opt/local/etc/LaunchDaemons/org.macports/postgresql82-server/postgresql82-server.wrapper had "su" lines which didn't succeed in starting up the postgresql server. When I changed the lines from: su postgres -c "${PGCTL}... to sudo -u postgres ${PGCTL}... my postgresql server would be running after a reboot. Frankly, I don't quite understand why the original version failed and my version succeeded. I'm sure I know just enough to be dangerous. -------------------------------- I'd appreciate it if someone could verify that the startup instruction and wrapper file are incorrect, or tell me that they are correct and that I had done something wrong. Thanks! -- Bill