Thread: starting postmaster

Good Afternoon,

I installed postgresql this morning and appears to have installed ok.

created a user postgres.

used the commands from the INSTALL and they failed.

Changed to /usr/local/pgsql/bin

postmaster appears aas a symbolic link that dosen't work

tried postgres and got the "correct" error

tried scripting the session but denied! (root isn't allowed to start the
postmaster sono point trying)

tried postgres -D /user/local/pgsql/data

and got

DEBUG:  Data Base System is starting up at Mon Jan 15 13:17:30 2001
FATAL 2:  Open("/usr/local/pgsql/data//pg_control") failed: 2
FATAL 2:  Open("/usr/local/pgsql/data//pg_control") failed: 2



then tried

nohup postgres -D /user/local/pgsql/data </dev/null >>server.log 2>>1 &



postgres does not know where to find the database system data.  You must
specify the directory that contains the database system either by
specifying the -D invocation option or by setting the PGDATA environment
variable.

Help would be appreciated!

Thanks

Ashley

ashley <ashley@SITCAS.com.au> writes:
> postmaster appears aas a symbolic link that dosen't work

Why not?  It's important to have a working postmaster link,
so you can't just blow this off.

> then tried
> nohup postgres -D /user/local/pgsql/data </dev/null >>server.log 2>>1 &
> postgres does not know where to find the database system data.

You can't just substitute postgres for postmaster --- yes, they're the
same executable, but the behavior is different depending on which name
you invoke it by.  You do need a working postmaster link.

            regards, tom lane