Re: error while starting database

From: Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: "Douglas Toltzman" <doug(at)oakstreetsoftware(dot)com>
Cc: "Nitin Saxena" <nitinmca05(at)gmail(dot)com>, <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: error while starting database
Date: 2007-08-18 15:34:24
Message-ID: 873aygua9r.fsf@oxford.xeocode.com
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"Douglas Toltzman" <doug(at)oakstreetsoftware(dot)com> writes:

> In any case, the server specifically calls out an error creating
> "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432". I would start by creating a world-writable /tmp
> folder.

FWIW the correct permissions for /tmp on Unix machines is 1777. It should look
like this (note the "t" in place of the last "x"):

$ ls -ld /tmp
drwxrwxrwt 8 root root 12288 Aug 18 16:30 /tmp

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Gregory Stark
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

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