Thread: missing postmaster.conf

hi all

when I switch to my postgresql-user, I get this error-message:
myserver:~# su - postgres
su: /etc/postgresql/postmaster.conf: No such file or directory
I can't find this file anywhere on the machine.  Funny enough, I can create dbs etc.
How can I create a postmaster.conf and what is it for?

Thanks a lot,

Chris

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> when I switch to my postgresql-user, I get this error-message:
> myserver:~# su - postgres
> su: /etc/postgresql/postmaster.conf: No such file or directory
> I can't find this file anywhere on the machine.  Funny enough, I can create dbs
> etc.
> How can I create a postmaster.conf and what is it for?

Well, *postgresql.conf* is the file that is typically used to
"create dbs etc." by storing configuration information.

The error shown is not PostgreSQL related, but has something to do
with the "postgres" user on your machine. See if running su without the
dash option gives the same error.

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christoph.dellavalle@goetheanum.ch writes:
> when I switch to my postgresql-user, I get this error-message:
> myserver:~# su - postgres
> su: /etc/postgresql/postmaster.conf: No such file or directory

It'd appear to me that the postgres user's ~/.profile (or equivalent)
is trying to read that file.  Just get rid of that part of the profile
file, if you have no use for it.  There's no such file in a standard
Postgres installation.

            regards, tom lane