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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Postgres service won't start, doesn't log any errors
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Msg-id 9792.1289952139@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Postgres service won't start, doesn't log any errors  ("Tracey Osborne" <tracey@osborne.net.nz>)
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"Tracey Osborne" <tracey@osborne.net.nz> writes:
> I'm having the same problem - and have checked the application log and yes
> the problem seems to be that postgres user doesn't have permission to write
> postmaster.pid file.  What is the solution to this?

Did you run initdb as the postgres user?  Seems like you might have run
it as root, or some other user identity.

            regards, tom lane

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