Re: [GENERAL] "global/pg_control": Permission denied

Richard Broersma Jr wrote:
> --- On Thu, 11/15/07, Richard Broersma Jr <rabroersma(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
>
> > My desktop (acting as a db-server for my discipline's
> > group) has it power cycled this morning at 4:10
> >...
> > C:\Program
> > Files\PostgreSQL\8.2\bin>2007-11-15 06:36:13
> > PANIC: could not open control file
> > "global/pg_control": Permission denied
> >...
>
> Does anyone have any comments on how to restore db operation after
> encounter this failure? Do I need to go as far have re-installing
> Postgres and restoring from a dump?

What is the problem with the file? Why is it not accessible to
Postgres?

My guess is that something (antivirus?) was messing with the file when
the system died.

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