From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Tracey Osborne <tracey@osborne.net.nz>
Cc: Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater@gmx.net>
Cc: Lukasz Brodziak <lukasz.brodziak@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Postgres service won't start, doesn't log any errors
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:02:19 -0500
Message-ID: <9792.1289952139@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
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"Tracey Osborne" <tracey@osborne.net.nz> writes:
> I'm having the same problem - and have checked the application log and yes
> the problem seems to be that postgres user doesn't have permission to write
> postmaster.pid file. What is the solution to this?
Did you run initdb as the postgres user? Seems like you might have run
it as root, or some other user identity.
regards, tom lane
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