On 15/02/2008, Vikram Vincent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > I was trying to install a student information system called Centre which > failed to connect to postgres for reasons I have still been unable to > isolate. In order to restart the entire procedure of installation of > database and Centre, I removed the 'postgres' user and group that owned the > database and then readded them only to get the following error: > "Stopping PostgreSQL 8.3 database server: main > Error: The cluster is owned by user id 110which does not exist anymore > failed!" > How can I re-own the cluster? I cannot uninstall the postgresql-8.3 deb > using 'dpkg --purge postgesql-8.3'? Reinstalling gives similar > configuration errors. I use Debian 'Lenny'. > Thank you. > Regards, >
Re-create the postgres user with the right user id. I believe that should be "adduser -UID 110 postgres" there are more complex answers but this is probably the simplest. Regards PEter
