If it were me, I'd probably do something like (my id is not root, but I can use sudo to run something as root)
sudo mv -vn /var/lib/pgsql/data /var/lib/pgsql/data-old sudo su - postgres #change to user postgres initdb pg_ctl start exit #exit back to my id, from being postgres If you need to, after doing the "initdb", compare the pg_hba.conf and postgresql.conf files in the two directories (/var/lib/pgsql/data and /var/lib/pgsql/data-old On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Susan Cassidy < susan.cass...@decisionsciencescorp.com> wrote: > I ran an initdb, but got a message that the Encoding I specified was > invalid, so I tried to run it again, and now I get: > > initdb: directory "/var/lib/pgsql/data" exists but is not empty > If you want to create a new database system, either remove or empty > the directory "/var/lib/pgsql/data" or run initdb > with an argument other than "/var/lib/pgsql/data". > > The only thing in the $PGDATA directory are the pg_hba.conf and > postgresql.conf files. > > If I try to run a pg_ctl start, I get this: > 17271 2014-01-07 09:10:15.060 PST FATAL: "/var/lib/pgsql/data" is not a > valid data directory > 17271 2014-01-07 09:10:15.060 PST DETAIL: File > "/var/lib/pgsql/data/PG_VERSION" is missing. > > > What can I do? > > This is postgres 8.4, which is the only version currently available for > Scientific Linux in its repository. > > Thanks, > Susan > -- Wasn't there something about a PASCAL programmer knowing the value of everything and the Wirth of nothing? Maranatha! <>< John McKown
