Re: [GENERAL] problem starting postmaster as a service

I checked postmaster.log and realize that I don't have the right to
access many directories so I used [chown postgres dir_name] for some
directories and all was ok now.

Thank you very very much for your help!!

Melanie

Chris Travers wrote:

>Melanie:
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>check /var/log/postgresql.log under cygwin. It may tell you where the
>problem is.
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>FWIW, I had to do as follows: Move directory from /var/pgsql/ to
>/var/postgresql/ (documentation is not in sync with Cygwin setup).
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>Chmod -R 777 /var/postgresql (eek!)
>chown postgres /var/postgresql
>then log in as postgres and correct the permissions.
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>Your milage may vary.
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>Best Wishes,
>Chris Travers
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