RE: Cant create new users or databases - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Robert D. Nelson
Subject RE: Cant create new users or databases
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Msg-id 39C62CED@rba6.rbapro.com
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In response to Cant create new users or databases  (AlphaByte <alan@alphabyte.co.nz>)
List pgsql-general
>This time when I type postgres -D /var/lib/pgsql I get:
>
>>Can't open pid file: /var/lib/pgsql/postmaster.pid
>>Please check the permission and try again.
>
>I have also checked the ownership of the folder, which is
>also postgres. So I guess if nothing else will work then I

Check the permissions of /var and /var/lib too - without o+x bits, postgres
can't get as far as /var/lib/pgsql, can it?


Rob Nelson
rdnelson@co.centre.pa.us


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