Re: boot on Debian with /etc/init.d/rc ...

On 30/01/2009, at 17:52, salman wrote:

> Raimon Fernandez wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> After some months of Postgre on OS X, amb trying to install a
>> complete package of Ruby On Rails with PostgreSQL, Capistrano, git,
>> etc. etc. on a Debian linux.
>>
>> I've installed PostgreSQL from source, and executed the commands to
>> install the start-up script:
>>
>> $ cp contrib/start-scripts/linux /etc/init.d/postgresql
>> $ update-rc.d postgresql defaults
>>
>> on boot time, I'm getting a Permission denied:
>>
>> /etc/init.d/rc: line 78: /etc/rc2.d/S20postgresql : Permission denied
>>
>>
>> even If I execute this line as a root I'm getting the permission
>> denied:
>>
>> /etc/init.d/postgresql start
>>
>>
>> I can start the database logged as the postgre user and executing:
>>
>> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
>>
>> my postgres user is postgres user, all with the default values.
>>
>> here is the file, in case someone can view any error ...
>>
>> thanks in advance,
>>
>> r.
>
> You probably need to grant it executable permissions. chmod +x /etc/
> init.d/postgresql should do the trick.

thanks salman, that did the trick .....

r.