Re: Need some help getting started

Dan,

On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 10:26:02AM -0800, Dan wrote:
> But, I found the following line in the /var/logs/postmaster file.

What is the above file?

> FATAL:  Can't read lock file /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432.lock:
> Permission denied
>
> I get the following for /tmp when I type "ls -l /"
> drwxrwxrwx+   2 Dan    None            0 Oct 27 08:38
> tmp
>
> and /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432.lock does not exist

Sounds like you are eventually going to have to solve the above problem
too.

> So, I have another question. Am I looking at the right README file?

Yes.

> I'm using /usr/doc/Cygwin/postgresql-7.3.4.README

Oh, your previous post mentioned the following:

    On Sat, Oct 25, 2003 at 02:47:03PM -0700, Dan wrote:
    > I'm stuck on step 9 of these instructions:
    >
    > http://www.tishler.net/jason/software/postgresql/postgresql-7.3.4.README

so I thought you were using the online version and not the one that is
part of the package.

> My copy of this file says to use "ntrights", not "editrights".

I just updated the above URL.  Hence, the difference.

> Here again are the 2 errors logged in application
> events:
>
> Event 2
> [snip]
> postmaster : PID 1928 : starting service
> `postmaster' failed: execv: 1, Operation not permitted.
>
> Event 1
> [snip]
> postmaster : PID 968 : starting service `' <***
> failed: redirect_fd: open (1, /var/log/postmaster.log): 13, Permission denied.

If you Google on the above, you will see that my previous suggestion
solved the these problems in the past.

BTW, where did the service name go in "<***" above?

> I'm confused why this says "postmaster.log" instead of "postmaster".

The cygrunsrv usage indicates the following:

    $ cygrunsrv --help

    Usage: cygrunsrv [OPTION]...
    [snip]
    -1, --stdout <file>       Optional output file used for stdout redirection.
                              Default is /var/log/<svc_name>.log.
    [snip]

Hence, postmaster when running as a service under Cygwin usually logs to
/var/log/postmaster.log.

Jason

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