> I am using postgresql 8.0beta in a freebsd jail environment. My
> inittdb
> gives me a message like:
> ---
> creating template1 database in /home/..../db/base/1 ... FATAL:
> could
> not create shared memory segment: Function not implemented
> DETAIL: Failed system call was shmget(key=1, size=1187840, 03600).
> child process exited with exit code 1
> initdb: failed
Have you enabled jail.sysvipc_allowed sysctl for kernel? I haven't run
Postgresql in jail myself but as far as I know the sysctl above is
needed in order to use sysv IPC and shared memory functionality inside
the jail.
-Reko
