Re: "pg_ctl: cannot be run as root"

From: "Andrej Ricnik-Bay" <andrej(dot)groups(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Stefan Schwarzer" <stefan(dot)schwarzer(at)grid(dot)unep(dot)ch>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: "pg_ctl: cannot be run as root"
Date: 2008-02-04 19:52:20
Message-ID: b35603930802041152l37fb98cag66dbaa8d6fca5677@mail.gmail.com
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On 05/02/2008, Stefan Schwarzer <stefan(dot)schwarzer(at)grid(dot)unep(dot)ch> wrote:
> But strange enough, I only can start the postgres server from time to
> time, normally when I have freshly restarted the machine. Now for
> example, I did some changes to the postgresql.conf file, and when
> trying to restart the postgres server, I get this:
...
> PS: Running Leopard on MacPro.
I don't know MacOS very well, and it's been a while that I last
had my hands on MacOS X (>2 years). Are you saying that
you use MacOS as user root by default, rather than as a non
privileged account?

Cheers,
Andrej

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