Thread: BUG #4978: "too many private dirs demanded" error during postgres startup
BUG #4978: "too many private dirs demanded" error during postgres startup
From
"Jinson Abraham"
Date:
The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 4978 Logged by: Jinson Abraham Email address: abraham.jinson@gmail.com PostgreSQL version: 8.3.7 Operating system: Linux (RHEL 5.3) Description: "too many private dirs demanded" error during postgres startup Details: I am trying to start postgres 8.3.7 service on RHEL 5.3 but am seeing the following error in the pgstartup.log file under /var/lib/pgsql FATAL: too many private dirs demanded FATAL: too many private dirs demanded FATAL: too many private dirs demanded FATAL: too many private dirs demanded FATAL: too many private dirs demanded FATAL: too many private dirs demanded What i have done different after installing postgres is: 1. removed the service "chkconfig --remove postgresql" 2. added the service "chkconfig --add postgres" 3. "chkconfig postgresql on" additionally when i do "service postgresql status" it gives the following message: "dead but pid file exists" I don't recall doing anything else differently.
Re: BUG #4978: "too many private dirs demanded" error during postgres startup
From
Alvaro Herrera
Date:
Jinson Abraham escribió: > I am trying to start postgres 8.3.7 service on RHEL 5.3 but am seeing the > following error in the pgstartup.log file under /var/lib/pgsql > > FATAL: too many private dirs demanded Huh, this sounds like operating system misconfiguration. How many files can a process open? FWIW I have never seen this error (it comes from AllocateDir). -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.