Re: How to startup the database server?

On 12/19/2012 07:07 AM, Jason Ma wrote:
> Thanks, adrian, but I have check the pgstartup.log, I got the following
> messages:
> .....
> creating information schema ... ok
> vacuuming database template1 ... ok
> copying template1 to template0 ... ok
> copying template1 to postgres ... ok
>
> Success. You can now start the database server using:
>
> /usr/bin/postgres -D /var/lib/pgsql/data
> or
> /usr/bin/pg_ctl -D /var/lib/pgsql/data -l logfile start
>
> runuser: cannot set groups: Operation not permitted

Seems the database cluster was initialized. Sort of concerned by the
runuser error. What user did you run the initdb as?

>
> I tried this:
>
> -bash-4.1$ /usr/bin/pg_ctl -D /var/lib/pgsql/data -l logfile start
> server starting

Nothing in the logfile?

> -bash-4.1$ ps -ef |grep postgres
> root 2904 2585 0 22:59 pts/1 00:00:00 su - postgres
> postgres 2905 2904 0 22:59 pts/1 00:00:00 -bash
> postgres 2946 2905 7 23:00 pts/1 00:00:00 ps -ef
> postgres 2947 2905 0 23:00 pts/1 00:00:00 grep postgres
>
> It reported that I have started the server but that doesn't work, I
> think there must be somebody has the same problem with me. Any suggestions.

I am not seeing the server running in the above. You might want to retry
the ps with post as the grep expression.

>
> Regards,
> Jason
>

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Adrian Klaver
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