Re: [GENERAL] Odd permission denied message when starting client

2004-11-18 Thread Tom Lane
Chris Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > However when I try and run a postgres client process as an ordinary > user I get the following:- > FATAL: could not open configuration file "postgresql.conf": Permission > denied You don't run "postgres" as an ordinary user. You want a client appli

Re: [GENERAL] Odd permission denied message when starting client

2004-11-18 Thread Chris Green
On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 09:27:08PM +, Chris Green wrote: > I have just installed Postgresql 7.3.4 on my slackware 9.1 system. > The installation went fairly smoothly and the server process has > started normally:- > > postgres 21027 20767 0 20:12 pts/500:00:00 -su > postgres 21246

[GENERAL] Odd permission denied message when starting client

2004-11-18 Thread Chris Green
I have just installed Postgresql 7.3.4 on my slackware 9.1 system. The installation went fairly smoothly and the server process has started normally:- postgres 21027 20767 0 20:12 pts/500:00:00 -su postgres 21246 1 0 20:17 pts/300:00:00 /usr/bin/postmaster -D /var/lib/postgr