Re: How to run PostgreSQL?

Zitat von Jan Muhammad <janmuhd(at)yahoo(dot)com>:

> Hi,
>
> I have just downloaded, installed/configured postgresql version
> 8.2.11 on Fedora Core 6. While reading through the installation
> manual have setup most of its parts; now while trying to run
> datebase server with the command:  
> $ postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
>
> I get the following error:
>
> "FATAL:  data directory "/usr/local/pgsql/data" has group or world access
> DETAIL:  Permissions should be u=rwx (0700)."

Simply fix this by do a chmod -R 700 /usr/local/pgsql/data

> Although I'm running this command from user 'postgres'; who has the
> ownership of /pgsql/data directories as well.
>
> Secondly, when I try to check that postgresql service is running or
> not; with the command: # service postgrsql status
> postgrsql: unrecognized service

Typo? Maybe should be "service postgresql status"

Regards

Andreas