Thread: Problem in starting Postgres Database

Hi Jey,

Looks like there is some problem with directory permissions.

Btw, how do you start the DB? (what is the username, command you use)

Regards
Pandu

On 12/10/05, Jey <jey@zoniac.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> We are using Postgres 7.4.3, in Linux ES 3.0 Version
>
> While I try to start the postgres service, i am getting the following error
> in the serverlog file
>
>
> LOG:  startup process (PID 4080) was terminated by signal 6
> LOG:  aborting startup due to startup process failure
> LOG:  database system was interrupted at 2005-12-09 15:44:01 CST
> PANIC:  could not open file
> "/usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_xlog/0000000000000010" (log file
> 0, segment 16): Permission denied
> LOG:  startup process (PID 4204) was terminated by signal 6
> LOG:  aborting startup due to startup process failure
> FATAL:  could not create lock file "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432.lock": Permission
> denied
> FATAL:  could not create lock file "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432.lock": Permission
> denied
> LOG:  database system was interrupted at 2005-12-09 15:44:01 CST
> PANIC:  could not open file
> "/usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_xlog/0000000000000010" (log file
> 0, segment 16): Permission denied
> LOG:  startup process (PID 4757) was terminated by signal 6
> LOG:  aborting startup due to startup process failure
>
>
>
> Regards
> Jey
> Zoniac Inc
> 408-329-4474
>