Re: cannot open pg_database

# gooddayarizona(at)yahoo(dot)com / 2006-08-19 20:18:53 -0700:
> Installing with yum, Fedora core 5. Get error: "could
> not open file "global/pg_database": No such file or
> directory." The file exists however, in
> /var/lib/pgsql/data/global and contains 3 lines:
> “postgres” 10793 1663 499 499
> “template” 1 1663 499 499
> “template0” 10792 1663 499 499
>
> From the user-comments in manual, chapter 17.1 :
> “If you get an error like
> psql: FATAL: could not open file "global/pg_database":
> No such file or directory
> make sure that in your init.d postgresql file (if you
> have one) or in the env variables for the shell that
> runs your server process that PGDATA is set properly.
> Then try to restart the server. If the server will not
> restart, check for an already running server process
> (sudo ps -af | grep postgres). Sometimes they can hang
> around, secretly, and screw things up.”
>
> As newbie, reluctant to start editing the init.d file.
> Ideas appreciated.
>
> *****************
> bash-3.1$ su -c 'pg_ctl start -D /usr/local/pgsql/data -l serverlog' postgres
> Password:
> postmaster starting
> bash-3.1$ psql template1
> psql: FATAL: could not open file
> "global/pg_database": No such file or directory

what does this output?

su -c 'ls -l /usr/local/pgsql/data/global' postgres

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