Wow! thanks for being super helpful, I will try it all out. Though I distinctly remember turning off SElinux because it was giving me such a headache even in permissive mode.
Thanks again for the tips. Regards, -A On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 10:17 PM, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > newbiegalore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > hey! thanks for the reply :-). I looked into the pgstartup.log file > > and everything seems to have worked perfectly with the msg at the end > > saying "Success: you can now start...." > > > but when I try to start it as a normal user using su normaluser my > > computer just hangs.. arrrrgh!!!! > > Try to start *what* as a normal user? > > If you mean the Postgres postmaster, you're not supposed to start it as > a normal user; it has to run as the user "postgres" because of the > permissions on the database files. The usual way to start or stop > the postmaster in a standard RPM installation is "sudo /sbin/service > postgresql start" (vice "stop"). Once you've got that working you can > make the service start automatically at system boot (see chkconfig). > > > I found the exact > > problem described at > http://www.computing.net/linux/wwwboard/forum/29077.html > > and at http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=12082 > > but the solution is vague to me and using sudo doesn't help either. > > If that's your problem then it's a generic issue having nothing much to > do with Postgres. What it sounds like to me is a SELinux problem ... > if things magically start working after "sudo /usr/sbin/setenforce 0" > then that guess is confirmed. I wouldn't recommend that as a permanent > solution though. My best guess as to the cause is that you've got some > files that are labeled with the wrong SELinux context. The solution > Red Hat recommends is > > touch /.autorelabel > reboot > > The presence of /.autorelabel causes the boot process to reset every > installed file's security label according to what the RPM database says > it should be (sort of like a fsck for permissions, and yeah it'll take a > little while). > > regards, tom lane > -- "The reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live." -George Carlin
