Received: from localhost (postgresql.org [64.49.215.8]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F3D547595A for ; Mon, 18 Nov 2002 04:59:20 -0500 (EST) Received: from smtp.ualg.pt (smtp.ualg.pt [193.136.224.8]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89C5D4758BD for ; Mon, 18 Nov 2002 04:59:18 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (smtp.ualg.pt [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.ualg.pt (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABB384BCBB; Mon, 18 Nov 2002 09:59:01 +0000 (WET) Received: from ualg.pt (corisco.uceh.ualg.pt [10.10.20.126]) by smtp.ualg.pt (Postfix) with ESMTP id E91984BCE0; Mon, 18 Nov 2002 09:57:38 +0000 (WET) Message-ID: <3DD8B98C.6080604@ualg.pt> Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 09:57:32 +0000 From: Luis Sousa User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.0) Gecko/20020623 Debian/1.0.0-0.woody.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Hugh Esco Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Problems invoking psql. Help please. References: <5.1.0.14.0.20021116140623.031cbec0@petra.cagreens.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/x-pkcs7-signature"; micalg=sha1; boundary="------------ms090605050506050200010400" X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS new-20020517 X-Razor-id: 9d32b1925bff691969c270f636d506e88c33ad9a X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS new-20020517 X-Archive-Number: 200211/256 X-Sequence-Number: 10398 This is a cryptographically signed message in MIME format. --------------ms090605050506050200010400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi there, I'm using debian woody. If you post your configuration files that are in /etc/postgresql/ maybe i can help you. Regards, Luis Sousa Hugh Esco wrote: > Hey folks: > > I am able to consistently start and stop the postgreSQL server and to > access it across our office network with pgAdmin II. I have had no > luck invoking the psql command line prompt, from where I can enter > queries and start to surmount the learning curve from background with > mySQL to my next step with postgreSQL. Can anyone help me figure out, > please, what this is about and what I can do about it? > > I've copied the shell dialogue below. > Everything in: /usr/lib/postgresql/bin is owned by root:root. > Who should these files be owned by? > The database engine is invoked as postgres, > which is the user which created the databse. > Do I harm anything if I chown postgres:postgres > for everything in that directory? > > Will this get me past this error and to a psql prompt? > > I am operating on a Debian Woody Platform, > with postgreSQL 7.2.1 and ODBC driver 7.1.9. > > All help is appreciated. Thanks. > > -- Hugh Esco > >> hesco@biko:~$ su postgres >> Password: >> postgres@biko:/home/hesco$ locate psql >> /usr/bin/psql >> /usr/lib/odbc/libodbcpsqlS.so >> /usr/share/man/man1/psql.1.gz >> /var/home/hesco/.psql_history >> postgres@biko:/home/hesco$ ./psql >> sh: ./psql: No such file or directory >> postgres@biko:/home/hesco$ psql >> env: /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/readpgenv: Permission denied >> No database specified >> postgres@biko:/home/hesco$ psql ggp_test >> env: /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/readpgenv: Permission denied >> Could not execv /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/psql >> postgres@biko:/home/hesco$ > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster > --------------ms090605050506050200010400 Content-Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature; name="smime.p7s" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="smime.p7s" Content-Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature 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