Re: postgresql doesn't start

On 10/2/2015 2:02 PM, Paolo De Michele wrote:
> exec su postgres -c "/usr/lib/postgresql/9.3/bin/postgres -D
> /var/lib/postgresql/9.3/main -c
> config_file=/etc/postgresql/9.3/main/postgresql.conf"
>
> until yesterday there were no problem
> right now I see this in the /var/log/supervisor's directory:
>
> 2015-10-01 21:40:18 UTC HINT: The file seems accidentally left over,
> but it could not be removed. Please remove the file by hand and try again.
> 2015-10-01 21:40:20 UTC FATAL: could not remove old lock file
> "postmaster.pid": Permission denied

try...
ls -la /var/lib/postgresql/9.3/main

The directory . should be owned by the postgres user, and it should have
700, 750, or 770 permissions. all the files in it should also be owned
by postgres.

also look and see if postgres logged anything in its own system log
files (/var/log/postgresql/9.3 or whatever).

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