Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-5.hub.org [200.46.204.29]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5865B1337B71 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:02:30 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.29]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 22832-09 for ; Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:02:24 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65B281337B6C for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:02:22 -0400 (AST) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oAH02Kj1009793; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:02:20 -0500 (EST) To: "Tracey Osborne" cc: "Thomas Kellerer" , "Lukasz Brodziak" , pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Postgres service won't start, doesn't log any errors In-reply-to: <933C00AD369945DF9CC0C81B68E0B502@laptop> References: <933C00AD369945DF9CC0C81B68E0B502@laptop> Comments: In-reply-to "Tracey Osborne" message dated "Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:52:40 +1300" Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:02:19 -0500 Message-ID: <9792.1289952139@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.91 tagged_above=-10 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201011/139 X-Sequence-Number: 36105 "Tracey Osborne" 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