Re: Moving the data directory

Again,

pg_ctl: could not open PID file
"/media/extension/var/lib/postgresql/8.4/main/postmaster.pid":
Permission denied

Tried all the different ownership possible.

Thanks,
Sairam Krishnamurthy
+1 612 859 8161

On 02/15/2011 04:37 PM, Scott Mead wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 5:32 PM, Sairam Krishnamurthy
> <kmsram420(at)gmail(dot)com <mailto:kmsram420(at)gmail(dot)com>> wrote:
>
> Scott,
>
> I get this error.
>
> server starting
> krishnam(at)nipa-umh:/media/extension/var/lib$ postgres: invalid
> argument: "config_file=/etc/postgresql/8.4/main/postgresql.conf"
>
> tried with both -o and -c arguments.
>
>
> My mistake, I screwed up!
>
> /usr/lib/postgresql/8.4/bin/pg_ctl start -D
> /media/extension/var/lib/postgresql/8.4/main/ -o "-c
> config_file="/etc/postgresql/8.4/main/postgresql.conf"
>
> (-c inside the quotes)
>
> --Scott
>
> Thanks,
> Sairam Krishnamurthy
> +1 612 859 8161
>
>
> On 02/15/2011 04:27 PM, Scott Mead wrote:
>> /usr/lib/postgresql/8.4/bin/pg_ctl start -D
>> /media/extension/var/lib/postgresql/8.4/main/ -o
>> config_file="/etc/postgresql/8.4/main/postgresql.conf
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>