Bug#314585: postgresql-8.0: postgresql does not start at installation
Package: postgresql-8.0 Version: 8.0.3-5 Severity: important When installing postgresql-8.0 I get the following errors : sh: /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-8.0-main.log: Permission non accorde The PostgreSQL server failed to start. Please check the log output: Error: Could not open log file /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-8.0-main.log invoke-rc.d: initscript postgresql-8.0, action start failed Same message error for the action autovac-start triggered by postgresql-contrib-8.0 -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-1-k7 Locale: LANG=C, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages postgresql-8.0 depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libcomerr2 1.37+1.38-WIP-0509-1 common error description library ii libkrb531.3.6-3 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries ii libpam0g0.76-22 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libpq4 8.0.3-5 PostgreSQL C client library ii libreadline55.0-10 GNU readline and history libraries ii libssl0.9.7 0.9.7g-1 SSL shared libraries ii postgresql-client-8 8.0.3-5 front-end programs for PostgreSQL ii postgresql-common 17 manager for PostgreSQL database cl ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-4compression library - runtime postgresql-8.0 recommends no packages. Versions of packages postgresql-8.0 is related to: ii reportbug 3.13 reports bugs in the Debian distrib pn totem-gstreamer none (no description available) -- no debconf information
Bug#314585: postgresql-8.0: postgresql does not start at installation
Hi! Erwan David [2005-06-17 11:30 +0200]: When installing postgresql-8.0 I get the following errors : sh: /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-8.0-main.log: Permission non accorde The PostgreSQL server failed to start. Please check the log output: Error: Could not open log file /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-8.0-main.log invoke-rc.d: initscript postgresql-8.0, action start failed Same message error for the action autovac-start triggered by postgresql-contrib-8.0 Can you please show me the output of $ id postgres $ ls -la /var/log/postgresql $ ls -l /etc/postgresql/8.0/main $ pg_lsclusters Thanks! Martin -- Martin Pitthttp://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer http://www.ubuntu.com Debian Developer http://www.debian.org signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#314585: postgresql-8.0: postgresql does not start at installation
Le 17.06.2005 12:00, Martin Pitt a crit: Hi! Erwan David [2005-06-17 11:30 +0200]: When installing postgresql-8.0 I get the following errors : sh: /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-8.0-main.log: Permission non accorde The PostgreSQL server failed to start. Please check the log output: Error: Could not open log file /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-8.0-main.log invoke-rc.d: initscript postgresql-8.0, action start failed Same message error for the action autovac-start triggered by postgresql-contrib-8.0 Can you please show me the output of $ id postgres uid=118(postgres) gid=118(postgres) groups=118(postgres) $ ls -la /var/log/postgresql drwxrwx--- 2 31 32 4096 Jun 17 11:24 . drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 Jun 17 06:27 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 31 320 Jun 1 06:27 autovacuum_log -rw-r--r-- 1 31 32 2594 Jun 1 06:27 autovacuum_log.1 -rw-r--r-- 1 31 32 341 Apr 13 06:25 autovacuum_log.10.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 31 32 340 Jun 1 06:27 autovacuum_log.2.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 31 32 341 May 23 06:27 autovacuum_log.3.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 31 32 340 May 17 06:26 autovacuum_log.4.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 31 32 664 May 9 06:26 autovacuum_log.5.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 31 32 341 May 3 06:27 autovacuum_log.6.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 31 32 340 Apr 27 06:27 autovacuum_log.7.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 31 32 341 Apr 18 06:27 autovacuum_log.8.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 31 32 341 Apr 15 06:25 autovacuum_log.9.gz -rw-rw 1 postgres postgres0 Jun 17 11:24 pg_autovacuum-8.0-main.log -rw-rw 1 postgres postgres0 Jun 17 11:24 postgresql-8.0-main.log $ ls -l /etc/postgresql/8.0/main ls -l /etc/postgresql/8.0/main total 20 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root46 Jun 17 11:24 autovacuum_log - /var/log/postgresql/pg_autovacuum-8.0-main.log lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root43 Jun 17 11:24 log - /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-8.0-main.log -rw-r- 1 postgres postgres 3588 Jun 17 11:24 pg_hba.conf -rw-r- 1 postgres postgres 1460 Jun 17 11:24 pg_ident.conf lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root28 Jun 17 11:24 pgdata - /var/lib/postgresql/8.0/main -rw-r--r-- 1 postgres postgres 11020 Jun 17 11:24 postgresql.conf $ pg_lsclusters Version Cluster Port Status OwnerData directory 8.0 main 5432 down postgres /var/lib/postgresql/8.0/main Log File /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-8.0-main.log Ok, I see this 31-32 in /var/log/postgresql. It may come I used to have postgresql 7.4 which I purged some time ago. -- Erwan
