| From: | Jason Tishler <jason(at)tishler(dot)net> |
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| To: | STEWART ABBOTT <abbott(at)coventry(dot)ac(dot)uk> |
| Cc: | pgsql-cygwin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: cannot start postgres version 7.3.4 |
| Date: | 2003-09-15 13:16:02 |
| Message-ID: | 20030915131602.GG1840@tishler.net |
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On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 04:05:45PM +0100, STEWART ABBOTT wrote:
> I try to run postgres. It shows the following message.
>
> LOG: FindExec:could not find a postgres to execute
> FATAL:postgres:could not locate executablem, bailing out
Does the following from the README help?
4. Cygwin PostgreSQL can fail to start or not function properly if
certain files and directories have incorrect permissions. The
following usually solves these kinds of problems:
$ chmod a+rwx /tmp
$ chmod a+rx /usr/bin /usr/bin/*
Jason
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