| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | Stefan Karrmann <sk(at)mathematik(dot)uni-ulm(dot)de> |
| Cc: | <pgsql-general(at)PostgreSQL(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: starting personal postmaster |
| Date: | 2001-04-27 15:19:37 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.30.0104271717270.758-100000@peter.localdomain |
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Stefan Karrmann writes:
> How can I start a personal postmaster, e.g. the postmaster should
> manage a database cluster in ~/pgdata/.
>
> I'm using the Debian package of postgresql (7.0.3) and it want's to create
> a socket at /var/run/postgres/.s.PORT.sock (or something similiar).
> As I am not user postgres I dont have the permission to do this.
> This seems to be the only problem to start postgres on an user account.
> Is this Debian specific? Are there methods to avoid this?
Yes. Uninstall the package, install from source.
Alternative 1: Change the permissions on /var/run/postgres.
Alternative 2: Use the postmaster -k option, but your client programs are
not going to see that.
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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://funkturm.homeip.net/~peter
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