| From: | Sandeep Thakkar <sandeep(dot)thakkar(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> |
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| To: | droolinggeezer(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: BUG #16428: pg_ctl unusable after standard install |
| Date: | 2020-05-18 08:34:05 |
| Message-ID: | CANFyU97_NDztJmEKUBwJeBuA-sWser_erQLYb5H5PSFuSHdiJw@mail.gmail.com |
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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(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:
> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference: 16428
> Logged by: James Underwood
> Email address: droolinggeezer(at)gmail(dot)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
>
>
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Sandeep Thakkar
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