RE: Cant create new users or databases

From: "Robert D(dot) Nelson" <RDNELSON(at)co(dot)centre(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: AlphaByte <alan(at)alphabyte(dot)co(dot)nz>, pgsql list - general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: RE: Cant create new users or databases
Date: 2000-09-20 13:20:00
Message-ID: 39C62CED@rba6.rbapro.com
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>This time when I type postgres -D /var/lib/pgsql I get:
>
>>Can't open pid file: /var/lib/pgsql/postmaster.pid
>>Please check the permission and try again.
>
>I have also checked the ownership of the folder, which is
>also postgres. So I guess if nothing else will work then I

Check the permissions of /var and /var/lib too - without o+x bits, postgres
can't get as far as /var/lib/pgsql, can it?

Rob Nelson
rdnelson(at)co(dot)centre(dot)pa(dot)us

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