Re: FATAL cannot create init file... why?

"Julian Gollop" <julian.gollop@ntlworld.com> writes:
> FATAL 1: cannot create init file ./data/base/test/pg_internal.init.1352

Are you starting the postmaster as the correct user?  If so, check to
ensure that the directory data/base/test is owned by that user and has
permissions rwx------.  Another possibility is you're out of disk space.

            regards, tom lane