Re: Postmaster start up problems (can't create lock file )

how good an idea it is to chown <special user> all the postgres related
files

On 8/14/07, Patrick Lindeman <patrick(at)my-mac(dot)nl> wrote:
>
> You could chown the directory /var/run/postgresql/ to the user postgres is
> running as. You might need root access for that as well, in case you dont
> have it you could ask your sysadmin to do it.
>
> Regards,
> Patrick Lindeman
>
>
> > I'm trying to start my postgres server and it gives me the following
> > errror
> >
> > FATAL: could not create lock file
> > "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432.lock":
> > Permission denied
> >
> > Now obviously to touch the file that the error message is talking about,
> > one
> > needs root permission that the user account under which my postmaster is
> > runnnig doesn't have.
> >
> > Can anyone tell me the fix.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
>
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