On 2001.01.19 16:10:33 +0100 Tom Lane wrote:
> Tony Grant <tg001@dial.oleane.com> writes:
> > /usr/bin/initdb: /tmp/initdb.29795: Permission denied
>
> Pretty odd. Uh, you're sure /tmp is world-writable?
Ummmm...
I had a mail server problem that nuked my /tmp directory last week. The new
temp directory on the spare partition didn't have the correct permissions.
I'm quite happy that I knew that it was a permissions problem! But that was
about the only folder I hadn't checked (I had my head stuck in /var/lib...)
Thank you very much kind sir - have a virtual beer on me.
Cheers
Tony Grant
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