Re: Shared memory failure?

From: "Steve Wolfe" <steve(at)iboats(dot)com>
To: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Shared memory failure?
Date: 2001-04-13 17:12:42
Message-ID: 002b01c0c43c$f4494be0$50824e40@iboats.com
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> First off, I'd just like to thank everyone for their help with my last
> problem. It worked, but now it gives me another error:
>
> IpcMemoryCreate: shmget failed (Permission denied) key=5432010, size=144,
> permission=700
> This type of error is usually caused by an improper
> shared memory or System V IPC semaphore configuration.
> For more information, see the FAQ and platform-specific
> FAQ's in the source directory pgsql/doc or on our
> web site at http://www.postgresql.org.
> IpcMemoryAttach: shmat failed (Permission denied) id=2
> FATAL 1: AttachSLockMemory: could not attach segment
>
> I looked through the troubleshooting guide, but it wasn't very helpful.
> Anyone know how to get around this? Thanks again.

It's OS-dependant. What OS are you running, and if it's Linux, which
kernel?

steve

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