On 16:04 Sun 07 Oct , Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Sun, Oct 07, 2007 at 13:49:11 +0000, John Masters wrote: > > I have posted this to the Postgres list also. > > > > Cannot get Postgres 8.2 working on Debian sid using the Debian package. > > At the config stage I get a message telling me to run:- > > > > pg_createcluster 8.2 main --start > > > > Doing this (as root) produces the following output:- > > > > Creating new cluster (configuration: /etc/postgresql/8.2/main, \ > > data: /var/lib/postgresql/8.2/main)... > > sh: /dev/null: Permission denied > > I would start with the first problem that is reported: "sh: /dev/null: > Permission denied". What are the permissions of the /dev/null node on > your system? It should be writable by anyone: > > $ ls -l /dev/null > crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 2007-10-07 14:28 /dev/null > Thanks, that seems to be the problem. permissions for /dev/null are -rw-r--r--
What is the c part of the permissions and how do you set it? I have googled and searched my books but all I can find is that it is a character device file but no mention of how to set the attribute. Would it be OK to just chmod 666? -- Regards, John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]