Re: [GENERAL] postgresql-8.4 error

On Monday 29 November 2010 7:02:46 am Mohammed Rashad wrote:
> I am running ubuntu 10.04
> I have problem installing postgresql-8.4
>
> when i tried to start postgresql
> /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.4 start
>
> I am getting this error
>
> * Starting PostgreSQL 8.4 database server
> * Error: could not exec
> /usr/lib/postgresql/8.4/bin/pg_ctl /usr/lib/postgresql/8.4/bin/pg_ctl start
> -D /var/lib/postgresql/8.4/main -l
> /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-8.4-main.log -s -o -c
> config_file="/etc/postgresql/8.4/main/postgresql.conf" :

Are you trying to start Postgres as root? If so Postgres will not run as root,
you will need to start it as the Postgres superuser, usually that is postgres.

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