[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Lane) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > FATAL 1: configuration file `postgresql.conf' has wrong permissions > > > One thing to note is that before I rebooted linux I did this: > > chmod 755 -R /usr/local/pgsql > > That was a bad idea. 700 is the most permission you should have on the > /usr/local/pgsql/data directory. I am not sure why the code is so picky > about postgresql.conf and not about the data directory as a whole --- > but it will refuse to start up if postgresql.conf has more than 744 > permissions. > > regards, tom lane > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html I experienced this problem as well, I changed permissions on /usr/local in order to get our samba share to work, and the next day the database would not start. 744 will allow the postmaster to start again. Dan ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
