Johann Spies wrote:
>Postgresql 6.5.3 on a mixed slink/potato system.
>
>I don't know how this happened. Suddenly postgres's postmaster is not
>running and trying to make it run results in the following error
>message:
>
>There is no PostgreSQL database framework in /var/postgres/data.
>Run initdb as the postgres user to create it.
>
>The directory of /var/postgres/data shows:
>---------------------------------------------------
>drwx------ 3 postgres postgres 1024 Sep 2 1999 .
>drwxr-xr-x 3 postgres postgres 1024 Sep 2 1999 ..
>-rw------- 1 postgres postgres 4 Sep 2 1999 PG_VERSION
>drwx------ 5 postgres postgres 1024 Nov 1 1999 base
The test (in /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/postgresql-startup) is:
if [ ! -d ${PGDATA}/base ]
then
echo There is no PostgreSQL database framework in $PGDATA.
echo Run initdb as the postgres user to create it
exit 3
fi
>I can run initdb and restore the previous day's backup, but how can
>this happen? Is there another way to repair it?
The only way I can think that this can be happening is if you are not running
as root or postgres and so do not have permission to read ${PGDATA}.
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Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver
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