From: | Major Services <services(dot)major(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | Paul Anderson <paul(dot)a(at)pnlassociates(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Restart failed with 'service postgresql restart' |
Date: | 2010-03-03 04:28:13 |
Message-ID: | 375c2da1003022028t7a6949f6pa881ff03ce0bb585@mail.gmail.com |
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Where to look for postmaster.pid?
It is not in the data directory. There is one file postmaster.opts there.
Should I try running 'pg_ctl start -l logfile' ?
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 10:24 PM, Paul Anderson <paul(dot)a(at)pnlassociates(dot)com> wrote:
> After verifying that the postmaster was not running you did remove the
> postmaster.pid file, right?
>
> FATAL: lock file "postmaster.pid"already exists
>
>
> On 3/2/10 11:43 AM, Major Services wrote:
>>
>> Help me start the server.
>> As I mentioned in an earlier post today (subject: password
>> authentication failed for user postgres), 'service postgresql restart'
>> had stopped the server but *server
>> start failed*.
>>
>> Step wise list of commands to be given would be great!
>> Do I need to login as postgres?
>>
>> Being new to PostgreSQL, am looking for some hand-holding.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Viv
>>
>>
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