Re: server will not start (Debian)

On 12/10/19 7:32 AM, stan wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 08:55:02AM -0500, Justin wrote:
>> Hi Stan
>>
>> Check security make sure V12 postgres has the correct credentials....
>>
> OK,
>
> postgres(at)stantest:/var/run/postgresql$ ls -ld
> drwxrwsr-x 2 postgres postgres 40 Dec 10 08:35 .
>
> Looks correct to me.
>
> This sundirectory 12-main.pg_stat_tmp keeps getting deleted.
>
> If I create it by hand as user psotgres, the DB starts up when I run:
>
> /usr/lib/postgresql/12/bin/postgres -D /var/lib/postgresql/12/main -c
> config_file=/etc/postgresql/12/main/postgresql.conf
>
> But tring to start it with /etc/ini.d/postgresql start fails
>

How did you install Postgres 12?

Why are you using the file in init.d/ instead of pg_ctlcluster?

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