Re: server will not start (Debian)

On 10/12/2019 16:11, Adrian Klaver wrote:
> 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?

Or indeed systemctl? :-)

Ray.

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