On Tuesday 02 September 2003 21:51, Aurangzeb M. Agha wrote: > I run my Postgres DB on a virtual linux server where I don't have root. > I'm 'admin', by default, and have created a 'postgres' user to own the DB > dir. > > My problem is that on occassion, my ISP restarts my server, stranding all > my processes. While I have scripts to restart Apache and my Servlet > engine on reboot, I don't know how to get the Postgres DB up and running > again. The main problem is that the dir is owned (postgres.postgres) and > chmod'd to 700, keeping anyone but the 'postgres' user from starting it > up. > > I tried chownin'g the DB dir to postgres.admin, and chmodding to 770, but > when I tried to start the DB, I got a fatal error in the log indicating > that postgres must own the dir, and the permissions must be u=rwx. What > can I do?
Hmm - so you can't "su - postgres" because as "admin" you'll need a password. Off the top of my head you could: 1. chmod PG's startup script, so it runs suid as postgres (chmod u+s) 2. Use ssh to login as user postgres on localhost and execute pg_ctl start (you can setup ssh so it doesn't need a password) Either of those should work, with a little effort. -- Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
