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POSTGRESQL BUG REPORT TEMPLATE
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Your name : Peter Whiting
Your email address : pwhiting(at)sprint(dot)net

System Configuration
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Architecture (example: Intel Pentium) : SunOS alta 5.6 Generic sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-1

Operating System (example: Linux 2.0.26 ELF) : solaris 2.6

PostgreSQL version (example: PostgreSQL-6.5.1): postgresql-7.0RC3

Compiler used (example: gcc 2.8.0) : gcc version 2.7.2.3

Please enter a FULL description of your problem:
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Creating a new database results in an error:

ERROR: CREATE DATABASE: Could not initialize database directory.
Delete failed as well

I have verified that the postgres user has proper write permissions to
the directory.
I modified postgresql-7.0RC3/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c to print
out more information (currently it doesn't print out much failure info
when the cp failes.)

In createdb(const char *dbname, const char *dbpath, int encoding) I print
out the attempted command (stored in buf) and the error string when system
fails. The message I get:

ERROR: CREATE DATABASE: attempted cp /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/template1/*
'/usr/local/pgsql/data/base/test5' : No child processes

I can execute the cp from the command line as is and it works.
The error message indicates it isn't a permission problem.

ideas?

Please describe a way to repeat the problem. Please try to provide a
concise reproducible example, if at all possible:
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createdb test5

If you know how this problem might be fixed, list the solution below:
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