Re: Updated Cygwin Package: postgresql-7.4.2-1

Jason -

"Jason Tishler" <jason(at)tishler(dot)net> wrote > Is it still failing on the
following:
>
> > postmaster : PID 3388 : starting service `r' failed: redirect_fd: open
> > (1, /var/log/postmaster.log): 13, Permission denied.
>
> If so, what does the following indicate?
>
> $ ls -ld /var/log /var/log/postmaster.log
> drwxrwxrwt+ 4 jt None 4096 Jun 13 11:39 /var/log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 postgres None 644805 Jun 13 11:40
/var/log/postmaster.log
>
$ ls -ls
total 1371
0 -rw-r--r-- 1 SYSTEM root 0 Jun 14 13:58 cygserver.log
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 David P. None 3865 Jun 15 11:41 postmaster.log
30 -rwxr-x---+ 1 David P. Users 30043 Jun 13 18:07 setup.log
1337 -rwxr-x---+ 1 David P. Users 1368129 Jun 13 18:07 setup.log.full

I think that the leftover postmaster.log from when I set up postgresql from
my normal logon caused the problem via permissions.

I moved that log to a different name, retried starting the postmaster
service (as user postgres), with success.

Thanks a lot for your assistance.

David