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

Hi Tom,
I am logging in as user postgres, which owns the data/base/test directory
with rwx------, and I start the postmaster with this login using
pg_ctl -D ./data start
There is no problem with disk space. I can initdb another data directory,
but I can't createdb without a similar fatal error. Very puzzling.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us]
Sent: 11 May 2001 14:43
To: Julian Gollop
Cc: pgsql-novice@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [NOVICE] 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