On Sáb 07 Dic 2002 10:24, Jean Fleurant wrote:
>
> Thanks.
> I've started the service and did not receive any error message.
>
> Now I'd like to have acceess to a datatbase. I think that I need to
> start the postmaster.
>
> I've run command "postmaster -D /var/lib/pgsql/data/" but I get
> following error message:
> FATAL 1: could not read permissions of directory /var/lib/pgsql/data/
>
> I'm using a user I've created on installation. With this user, I cannot
> have access to the /var/lib/pgsql directory (no permission).
>
> Here is the info for this directory: drwx------ 4 postgres
> postgres 4096 déc 7 00:11 pgsql
>
> I've tried to execute "postmaster -D /var/lib/pgsql/data/" with the root
> userid and I get this error.
>
> "root" execution of the PostgreSQL server is not permitted.
>
> The server must be started under an unprivileged user id to prevent
> a possible system security compromise. See the documentation for
> more information on how to properly start the server.
Just use the init script that comes with PostgreSQL!!!
/etc/init.d/postgres [start|stop|restart|status] # As root
Or, as user postgres (are you doing this as postgres user, right?)
# pg_ctl start
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Porqué usar una base de datos relacional cualquiera,
si podés usar PostgreSQL?
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