Dave Coventry wrote:
> When starting Postgres I get the following:
>
>
> root(at)Admin:/home/it# /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.2 start
> * Starting PostgreSQL 8.2 database server
> * The PostgreSQL server failed to start. Please check the log output:
> 2008-07-01 13:37:39 SAST FATAL: could not access private key file
> "server.key": Permission denied
>
> What is the "server key"?
>
> And how do I make it accessible?
If you don't need SSL, set 'ssl=off' in postgresql.conf.
If you want SSL,
1) read the manual on SSL support
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/ssl-tcp.html
2) Is there a file server.key? If yes, make it readable to the
postgres user. If not, create it as documented.
Yours,
Laurenz Albe