Re: Strange error message

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert(dot)Farrugia(at)go(dot)com(dot)mt
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Strange error message
Date: 2001-08-19 15:09:18
Message-ID: 25409.998233758@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert(dot)Farrugia(at)go(dot)com(dot)mt writes:
> FATAL 2: InitRelink(logfile 347 seg 167) failed: Operation not permitted

Looks like a permissions problem in the pg_xlog directory. Is that
directory owned and writable by the postgres user?

> The setup is as follows, the pg_xlog is situated on another PC (win
> 2000) mounted using samba.

Gack. I'd rate this as a "zero reliability" setup. I take it your data
is not very important to you? If it is, find a way to avoid using NFS.
Especially NFS to a Windoze server.

regards, tom lane

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