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From Sandeep Thakkar
Subject Re: BUG #16428: pg_ctl unusable after standard install
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Msg-id CANFyU97_NDztJmEKUBwJeBuA-sWser_erQLYb5H5PSFuSHdiJw@mail.gmail.com
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In response to BUG #16428: pg_ctl unusable after standard install  (PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org>)
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Hi,

You must run the pg_ctl using the superuser account. By default the installer sets it to 'postgres'.

On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 3:26 PM PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org> wrote:
The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference:      16428
Logged by:          James Underwood
Email address:      droolinggeezer@gmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 12.2
Operating system:   MacOs Catalina
Description:       

After successfully using the standard MacOS installer, I had a running
postgres server that I could not control via pg_ctl which reported:

pg_ctl: could not open PID file xxxxxxxxx : Permission denied



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Sandeep Thakkar


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