Re: [GENERAL] pg_ctl start error and lock file
On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 6:26 PM, Albe Laurenz wrote: > Set "unix_socket_directory" (in versions before 9.3) or > "unix_socket_directories" (from 9.3 on) in postgresql.conf. > > Yours, > Laurenz Albe > Fantastic, thanks for this setting. regards...
Re: [GENERAL] pg_ctl start error and lock file
Dev Kumkar wrote: > Faced following issue when trying to start database using pg_ctl: > > FATAL: could not create lock file "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432.lock": Permission > denied > > Accidentally someone cleaned up /tmp and recreated it but without any write > permissions to non-root > user, if the non-root user write permissions are given to /tmp then it would > start without any issues. > > I was going thru some links and could find following (> 9+ years old thread): > http://compgroups.net/comp.postgresql.general/postgres-start-error/2886274 > > Is there any way to control where the lock file can be created? Set "unix_socket_directory" (in versions before 9.3) or "unix_socket_directories" (from 9.3 on) in postgresql.conf. Yours, Laurenz Albe -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
