Re: Inquiry From Form [pgsql]

On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, vijay wrote:

Hi Vijay,

Make sure that your /tmp folder has rwx permissions on ALL fields (user,
group and world), as this is the only way PostgreSQL can create the lock
file it needs.

> i had postgresql installed with linux.
> now iam unable to work with postgresql.i couls create a database, but when i issue pg_ctl -D <database location> command, it is giving the following error:
> \"can\'t lock the file /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432.lock:permission denied.\"
> when issue any command, it is giving user \"myname\" not in system catalog,undefined.
> please help me in this regard.
>
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