Your message dated Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:19:10 +0100
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and subject line Re: Bug#464165: postgresql-7.4: pg hardcoded uid 101?
has caused the Debian Bug report #464165,
regarding postgresql-7.4 permission denied while installing despite postgres
owning /var/run/postgresql/
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Package: postgresql-7.4
Version: 1:7.4.19-0etch1
Severity: normal
fs173:~# ls -la /var/run/postgresql/
total 8
drwxrwsr-x 2 postgres postgres 4096 Feb 5 08:27 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Feb 5 08:32 ..
See line 10
1 Script started on Tue Feb 5 08:36:39 2008
2 Reading package lists... 0%Reading package lists... 0%Reading package
lists... 21%Reading package lists... Done
3 Building dependency tree... 0%Building dependency tree... 0%Building
dependency tree... 50%Building dependency tree... 50%Building dependency
tree... 76%Building dependency tree... Done
4 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
5 7 not fully installed or removed.
6 Need to get 0B of archives.
7 After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
8 Setting up postgresql-7.4 (7.4.19-0etch1) ...
9 Starting PostgreSQL 7.4 database server: mainThe PostgreSQL server
failed to start. Please check the log output:
10 2008-02-05 08:36:43 FATAL: could not create lock file
"/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432.lock": Permission denied
11 failed!
12 invoke-rc.d: initscript postgresql-7.4, action "start" failed.
13 dpkg: error processing postgresql-7.4 (--configure):
14 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
15 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of postgresql:
16 postgresql depends on postgresql-7.4; however:
17 Package postgresql-7.4 is not configured yet.
18 dpkg: error processing postgresql (--configure):
19 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
20 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of
postgresql-contrib-7.4:
21 postgresql-contrib-7.4 depends on postgresql-7.4; however:
22 Package postgresql-7.4 is not configured yet.
23 dpkg: error processing postgresql-contrib-7.4 (--configure):
24 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
25 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of postgresql-contrib:
26 postgresql-contrib depends on postgresql-contrib-7.4; however:
27 Package postgresql-contrib-7.4 is not configured yet.
28 postgresql-contrib depends on postgresql (>= 7.5); however:
29 Package postgresql is not configured yet.
30 dpkg: error processing postgresql-contrib (--configure):
31 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
32 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of
postgresql-plperl-7.4:
33 postgresql-plperl-7.4 depends on postgresql-7.4; however:
34 Package postgresql-7.4 is not configured yet.
35 dpkg: error processing postgresql-plperl-7.4 (--configure):
36 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
37 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of
postgresql-plpython-7.4:
38 postgresql-plpython-7.4 depends on postgresql-7.4; however:
39 Package postgresql-7.4 is not configured yet.
40 dpkg: error processing postgresql-plpython-7.4 (--configure):
41 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
42 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of postgresql-pltcl-7.4:
43 postgresql-pltcl-7.4 depends on postgresql-7.4; however:
44 Package postgresql-7.4 is not configured yet.
45 dpkg: error processing postgresql-pltcl-7.4 (--configure):
46 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
47 Errors were encountered while processing:
48 postgresql-7.4
49 postgresql
50 postgresql-contrib-7.4
51 postgresql-contrib
52 postgresql-plperl-7.4
53 postgresql-plpython-7.4
54 postgresql-pltcl-7.4
55 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
56
57 Script done on Tue Feb 5 08:36:43 2008
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-5-xen-vserver-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages postgresql-7.4 depends on:
ii lib 2.3.6.ds1-13etch4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii lib 1.39+1.40-WIP-2006.11.14+dfsg-2etch1 common error description library
ii lib 1.4.4-7etch4 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii lib 0.79-5 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii lib 0.9.8c-4etch1 SSL shared libraries
ii pos 1:7.4.19-0etch1 front-end programs for PostgreSQL
ii pos 71 manager for PostgreSQL database cl
postgresql-7.4 recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Hello again,
Martin Pitt [2008-11-16 13:22 +0100]:
> > I had a uid of 101 in use already when pg was installed (I changed them
> > around).
>
> Do you have some details about this? How can this be reproduced?
>
> postgresql packages don't hardcode any user ID (except root's "0", of
> course), and the permissions on /var/run/postgresql/ are correct; in
> fact, postgres:postgres drwxrwsr-x is the default.
>
> Do you use NIS, AD, LDAP, or any other nonstandard/network user/group
> database?
This did not get any answer or further information in the last three
months, and is unreproducible. Thus I am closing this report now.
Please respond if you have any further information about the problem,
and thank you for your report!
Martin
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Martin Pitt | http://www.piware.de
Ubuntu Developer (www.ubuntu.com) | Debian Developer (www.debian.org)
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