Re: [GENERAL] Start problem on OSX

2005-02-03 Thread Philippe Schmid
I have a problem starting PG 8.0 on a OSX machine, getting this FATAL: could not open lock file "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432.lock": Permission denied Perhaps that file already exists? regards, tom lane Huu, I feel really stupid... forgot to check invisible files... Many thanks, it

Re: [GENERAL] Start problem on OSX

2005-02-03 Thread Tom Lane
Philippe Schmid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a problem starting PG 8.0 on a OSX machine, getting this > FATAL: could not open lock file "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432.lock": Permission > denied Perhaps that file already exists? regards, tom lane -

Re: [GENERAL] Start problem on OSX

2005-02-03 Thread Jonel Rienton
hi, how did you install PostgreSQL? from source or from dmg? which user are you using to start the instance? On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 00:22:47 +0100, Philippe Schmid wrote > Dear list, > > I have a problem starting PG 8.0 on a OSX machine, getting this > FATAL: could not open lock file "/tmp/.s