Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gEUXz-00011C-0g for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 22 Oct 2018 07:22:43 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gEUXx-0002xw-En for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 22 Oct 2018 07:22:41 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gEUXx-0002xp-3Y for pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org; Mon, 22 Oct 2018 07:22:41 +0000 Received: from mta09.2.doruk.net.tr ([212.58.5.121] helo=mta09.doruk.net.tr) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gEUXt-0001Ot-GQ for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Mon, 22 Oct 2018 07:22:39 +0000 Received: from cmail19.webkontrol.doruk.net.tr ([212.58.6.99]) by mta09.doruk.net.tr with esmtp (Exim 4.86) (envelope-from ) id 1gEUV7-000F8r-PU for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Mon, 22 Oct 2018 10:19:45 +0300 Received: from DESKTOPM80CG12 ([31.206.45.189]) by cmail19.webkontrol.doruk.net.tr (IceWarp 11.1.2.0) with ASMTP id 201810221022477398 for ; Mon, 22 Oct 2018 10:22:47 +0300 From: =?iso-8859-9?B?RXJ0YW4gS/zn/Gtv8Gx1?= To: Subject: Cannot start PostgreSQL 10 server after directory permision change Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 10:22:29 +0300 Message-ID: <002e01d469d7$fe569800$fb03c800$@1nar.com.tr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-9" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 16.0 Thread-Index: AdRp1jTFgMNQBwfrTi2F2rv6HwVFyw== Content-Language: tr List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Precedence: bulk Hello, I have PostgreSQL 10.5 (x64) running on Windows 10 (x64) installed from EnterpriseDB setup. I changed complete ownership of my drive E: including all sub = directories and files due to some permission problems on it. There are no OS files installed in drive E:. However, PostgreSQL data files are in that drive = and PostgreSQL failed to start after that permission change. I get following two errors at startup in Windows Event Viewer: Postgres: could not Access directory "E:\PostgreSQL_DATA": No such file = or directory Run initdb or pg_basebackup to initialize a PostgreSQL data directory. I tried to set ownership of that directory to NETWORK SERVICE that did = not help. Is there a way to fix that problem? Thanks & regards, Ertan K=FC=E7=FCko=F0lu