BUG #12992: Failure to start: too many private dirs demanded

The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference: 12992
Logged by: Dmitry Bilikov
Email address: mymailbox24(at)gmail(dot)com
PostgreSQL version: Unsupported/Unknown
Operating system: Linux 3.6.11-gentoo x86_64
Description:

postgresql-8.4.14 can not start.
It perhaps as result of some gentoo patches. Which the best way to save the
data?

strace postmaster -D /var/lib/postgresql/8.4/data
execve("/usr/bin/postmaster", ["postmaster", "-D",
"/var/lib/postgresql/8.4/data"], [/* 27 vars */]) = 0
brk(0) = 0xd47000
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0x7f83fc895000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
open("/usr/lib64/postgresql-8.4/lib64/tls/x86_64/libxml2.so.2",
O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/lib64/postgresql-8.4/lib64/tls/x86_64", 0x7fffb1e945f0) = -1
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib64/postgresql-8.4/lib64/tls/libxml2.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC)
= -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/lib64/postgresql-8.4/lib64/tls", 0x7fffb1e945f0) = -1 ENOENT (No
such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib64/postgresql-8.4/lib64/x86_64/libxml2.so.2",
O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/lib64/postgresql-8.4/lib64/x86_64", 0x7fffb1e945f0) = -1 ENOENT
(No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib64/postgresql-8.4/lib64/libxml2.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) =
-1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/lib64/postgresql-8.4/lib64", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=2896,
...}) = 0
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=66628, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 66628, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f83fc884000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib64/libxml2.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3,
"\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\300\16\3\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832)
= 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1409696, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 3510264, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) =
0x7f83fc31d000
mprotect(0x7f83fc46b000, 2097152, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f83fc66b000, 40960, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x14e000) = 0x7f83fc66b000
mmap(0x7f83fc675000, 4088, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f83fc675000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib64/postgresql-8.4/lib64/libpam.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib64/libpam.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3,
"\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\240(\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) =
832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=55712, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0x7f83fc883000
mmap(NULL, 2150936, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) =
0x7f83fc10f000
mprotect(0x7f83fc11b000, 2097152, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f83fc31b000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xc000) = 0x7f83fc31b000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib64/postgresql-8.4/lib64/libssl.so.1.0.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC)
= -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib64/libssl.so.1.0.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3,
"\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\0\231\1\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832)
= 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0555, st_size=436224, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2531784, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) =
0x7f83fbea4000
mprotect(0x7f83fbf05000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f83fc104000, 45056, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x60000) = 0x7f83fc104000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib64/postgresql-8.4/lib64/libcrypto.so.1.0.0",
O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.1.0.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3,
"\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\0\240\6\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832)
= 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0555, st_size=1885536, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 3995536, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) =
0x7f83fbad4000
mprotect(0x7f83fbc7a000, 2097152, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f83fbe7a000, 155648, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1a6000) = 0x7f83fbe7a000
mmap(0x7f83fbea0000, 14224, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f83fbea0000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib64/postgresql-8.4/lib64/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib64/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3,
"\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\320\17\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832)
= 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=14600, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0x7f83fc882000
mmap(NULL, 2109728, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) =
0x7f83fb8d0000
mprotect(0x7f83fb8d2000, 2097152, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f83fbad2000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x2000) = 0x7f83fbad2000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib64/postgresql-8.4/lib64/libm.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib64/libm.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0(at)i\0\0\0\0\0\0"...,
832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=776384, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2871592, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) =
0x7f83fb612000
mprotect(0x7f83fb6cf000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f83fb8ce000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xbc000) = 0x7f83fb8ce000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib64/postgresql-8.4/lib64/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib64/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3,
"\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\300+\2\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) =
832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1712344, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 3823928, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) =
0x7f83fb26c000
mprotect(0x7f83fb408000, 2097152, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f83fb608000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x19c000) = 0x7f83fb608000
mmap(0x7f83fb60e000, 14648, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f83fb60e000
close(3) = 0
open("/lib64/libz.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3,
"\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\320&\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) =
832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=88440, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0x7f83fc881000
mmap(NULL, 2183664, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) =
0x7f83fb056000
mprotect(0x7f83fb06b000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f83fb26a000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x14000) = 0x7f83fb26a000
close(3) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0x7f83fb055000
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0x7f83fb054000
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0x7f83fb053000
arch_prctl(ARCH_SET_FS, 0x7f83fb054700) = 0
mprotect(0x7f83fb608000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f83fb26a000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f83fb8ce000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f83fbad2000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f83fbe7a000, 110592, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f83fc104000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f83fc31b000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f83fc66b000, 32768, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0xa4e000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f83fc896000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
munmap(0x7f83fc884000, 66628) = 0
brk(0) = 0xd47000
brk(0xd68000) = 0xd68000
getcwd("/etc/postfix", 1024) = 13
stat("/bin/postmaster", 0x7fffb1e93930) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
stat("/usr/bin/postmaster", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=4572088, ...}) =
0
geteuid() = 500
open("/etc/nsswitch.conf", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
fcntl(3, F_GETFD) = 0x1 (flags FD_CLOEXEC)
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=508, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0x7f83fc894000
read(3, "# /etc/nsswitch.conf:\n# $Header:"..., 4096) = 508
read(3, "", 4096) = 0
close(3) = 0
munmap(0x7f83fc894000, 4096) = 0
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=66628, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 66628, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f83fc884000
close(3) = 0
open("/lib64/libnss_compat.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0 \26\0\0\0\0\0\0"...,
832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=31432, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2127088, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) =
0x7f83fae4b000
mprotect(0x7f83fae52000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f83fb051000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x6000) = 0x7f83fb051000
close(3) = 0
open("/lib64/libnsl.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3,
"\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\200K\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) =
832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=88880, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2194128, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) =
0x7f83fac33000
mprotect(0x7f83fac48000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f83fae47000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x14000) = 0x7f83fae47000
mmap(0x7f83fae49000, 6864, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f83fae49000
close(3) = 0
mprotect(0x7f83fae47000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f83fb051000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
munmap(0x7f83fc884000, 66628) = 0
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=66628, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 66628, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f83fc884000
close(3) = 0
open("/lib64/libnss_nis.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\0&\0\0\0\0\0\0"...,
832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=43376, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2139352, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) =
0x7f83faa28000
mprotect(0x7f83faa32000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f83fac31000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x9000) = 0x7f83fac31000
close(3) = 0
open("/lib64/libnss_files.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0000'\0\0\0\0\0\0"...,
832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=51520, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2147728, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) =
0x7f83fa81b000
mprotect(0x7f83fa826000, 2097152, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f83faa26000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xb000) = 0x7f83faa26000
close(3) = 0
mprotect(0x7f83faa26000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f83fac31000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
munmap(0x7f83fc884000, 66628) = 0
open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
fcntl(3, F_GETFD) = 0x1 (flags FD_CLOEXEC)
lseek(3, 0, SEEK_CUR) = 0
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2822, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2822, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 3, 0) = 0x7f83fc894000
lseek(3, 2822, SEEK_SET) = 2822
munmap(0x7f83fc894000, 2822) = 0
close(3) = 0
getcwd("/etc/postfix", 1024) = 13
chdir("/usr/bin") = 0
lstat("postmaster", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=40, ...}) = 0
readlink("postmaster", "/usr/lib64/postgresql-8.4/bin/po"..., 1024) = 40
chdir("/usr/lib64/postgresql-8.4/bin") = 0
lstat("postmaster", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=8, ...}) = 0
readlink("postmaster", "postgres", 1024) = 8
lstat("postgres", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=4572088, ...}) = 0
getcwd("/usr/lib64/postgresql-8.4/bin", 1024) = 30
chdir("/etc/postfix") = 0
geteuid() = 500
getuid() = 500
geteuid() = 500
getpid() = 13110
umask(077) = 022
getcwd("/etc/postfix", 1024) = 13
stat("/bin/postmaster", 0x7fffb1e94500) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
stat("/usr/bin/postmaster", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=4572088, ...}) =
0
geteuid() = 500
open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
lseek(3, 0, SEEK_CUR) = 0
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2822, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2822, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 3, 0) = 0x7f83fc894000
lseek(3, 2822, SEEK_SET) = 2822
munmap(0x7f83fc894000, 2822) = 0
close(3) = 0
getcwd("/etc/postfix", 1024) = 13
chdir("/usr/bin") = 0
lstat("postmaster", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=40, ...}) = 0
readlink("postmaster", "/usr/lib64/postgresql-8.4/bin/po"..., 1024) = 40
chdir("/usr/lib64/postgresql-8.4/bin") = 0
lstat("postmaster", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=8, ...}) = 0
readlink("postmaster", "postgres", 1024) = 8
lstat("postgres", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=4572088, ...}) = 0
getcwd("/usr/lib64/postgresql-8.4/bin", 1024) = 30
chdir("/etc/postfix") = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib64/postgresql-8.4/lib64",
O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
close(3) = 0
getrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, {rlim_cur=8192*1024, rlim_max=RLIM64_INFINITY}) = 0
stat("/var/lib/postgresql/8.4/data/postgresql.conf", 0x7fffb1e94d50) = -1
EACCES (Permission denied)
write(2, "postmaster cannot access the ser"..., 121postmaster cannot access
the server configuration file
"/var/lib/postgresql/8.4/data/postgresql.conf": Permission denied
) = 121
exit_group(2) = ?
+++ exited with 2 +++