Re: PostgreSQL vs FreeBSD 7.0 as regular user

From: Zoltan Boszormenyi <zb(at)cybertec(dot)at>
To: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, lists(at)stringsutils(dot)com
Cc: pgsql general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL vs FreeBSD 7.0 as regular user
Date: 2008-07-26 08:10:35
Message-ID: 488ADBFB.9060807@cybertec.at
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Zoltan Boszormenyi írta:
> Joshua D. Drake írta:
>
>> On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 22:39 +0200, Zoltan Boszormenyi wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> is there anyone using PostgreSQL on FreeBSD 7.0 starting from scratch?
>>> I compiled 8.3.3 and wanted to run initdb in my home directory but
>>> it fails with the error below.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>> I configured the shared memory settings in advance according to
>>> the PostgreSQL 8.3 online docs:
>>>
>>> $ cat /etc/sysctl.conf
>>> ...
>>> kern.ipc.shmall=32768
>>> kern.ipc.shmmax=134217728
>>> kern.ipc.semmap=256
>>>
>>> These three settings were also set with "sysctl -w ..." to take effect
>>> immediately.
>>>
>>>
>> Are you buy chance in a jail?
>>
>> Joshua D. Drake
>>
>>
>
> I don't know. How to determine? Running this as my own user:
> $ sysctl -a | grep "^kern.ipc"
> shows the same settings as above.
>
> Thanks.
>

Rebooting FreeBSD solved it. Huh? Is it really like W#&@$#&?
Anyway, thanks for the help.

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Cybertec Schönig & Schönig GmbH
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