| From: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> |
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| To: | Richard Broersma Jr <rabroersma(at)yahoo(dot)com> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL Administration <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>, General PostgreSQL List <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] "global/pg_control": Permission denied |
| Date: | 2007-11-15 18:19:49 |
| Message-ID: | 20071115181948.GA17793@alvh.no-ip.org |
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Richard Broersma Jr wrote:
> --- On Thu, 11/15/07, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> wrote:
>
> > What is the problem with the file?
>
> I looked at the pg_control file, postgres had the proper permission to it.
>
> > Why is it not accessible to Postgres?
> > My guess is that something (antivirus?) was messing with
> > the file when the system died.
>
> It seems that last night a windows service pack as added. I noticed that the global directory was marked as (grey-ed)read-only. I removed the read-only flag and postgres started up :-). I restarted my antivirus and postgres is still working.
>
> Is the global directory supposed to be marked read only?
I don't think so. Postgres writes to it.
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Alvaro Herrera http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/5ZYLFMCVHXC
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