Thread: BUG #16428: pg_ctl unusable after standard install
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
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
Sandeep Thakkar