On Feb 15, 2011 5:44 PM, "Sairam Krishnamurthy" <kmsram...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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.
What about the permissions on your mountpoint? Are they too restrictive for the postgres user? ( or any of the higher level dirs) > > 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 < kmsram...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Scott, >>> >>> I get this error. >>> >>> server starting >>> krishnam@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 >> >>
