Thanks for reply Doug.<br>
When i was configuring i used  --prefix as my home directory. But i don't know why it is going to /etc/<br>
Is it bug or some thing?<br>
Thanks<br>
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/9/07, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:Doug_Newcomb@fws.gov">Doug_Newcomb@fws.gov</a></b> <<a href="mailto:Doug_Newcomb@fws.gov">Doug_Newcomb@fws.gov</a>> wrote:
</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Vamsee,<br><br>/etc is a system configuration directory on unix and unix-like systems,
<br>that generally does not allow non-root access.<br><br>Doug<br>'<br>Doug Newcomb<br>USFWS<br>Raleigh, NC<br>919-856-4520 ext. 14 <a href="mailto:doug_newcomb@fws.gov">doug_newcomb@fws.gov</a><br>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>HI<br>I am trying to install Postgis1.2.1 on SGI 64-bit machine.<br>I am installing in my home directory. ( i don't have root privileges).<br>I am getting the following error:<br><br>cp profile /etc/default/postgis
<br>cp: cannot create regular file `/etc/default/postgis': Permission denied<br>make[1]: *** [install] Error 1<br>make[1]: Leaving directory `User Directory'<br>/postgis-1.2.1/extras/template_gis'<br>make: *** [templategis-install] Error 2
<br><br>could you please help me.<br><br>Thanks<br><br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>postgis-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:postgis-users@postgis.refractions.net">postgis-users@postgis.refractions.net
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