From: | Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com> |
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To: | Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Unhelpful initdb error message |
Date: | 2012-03-06 16:18:24 |
Message-ID: | CAA-aLv5uTHqf2v6vQHSmQ8zK71YqdSTLgHkfUkPd9HUzy2OQNA@mail.gmail.com |
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On 6 March 2012 16:11, Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com> wrote:
> On 6 March 2012 16:04, Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> The postmaster.pid is located outside the data directory, but points back to the
>> data directory. Not sure where Debian, though at a guess somewhere in /var.
>> Any way search for postmaster.pid.
>
> I'm not sure, because if I use a new data directory, initdb it and
> start the service, the postmaster.pid appears in it, and not as a
> symbolic link.
>
> I did a search for postmaster.pid in the whole of /var and it only
> shows up "/var/lib/postgresql/9.1/main/postmaster.pid"
Correction, this is Ubuntu, not Debian. 11.10 if it's of any consequence.
The file system is ext4 with
rw,noatime,nodiratime,errors=remount-ro,commit=0 on a Crucial m4 SSD.
ecryptfs is in use in the parent directory.
--
Thom
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