Re: Lock file "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432.lock" already exists.

This is usually what happens after an unclean shutdown.

1) Make sure there are no postgres-owned processes running
2) remove the file
3) Restart PostgreSQL

Jon

On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, Zengfa Gao wrote:

> All,
>
> I am using PgSQL 7.3.1. After I application shutdown
> and restart, I can't get PgSQL restart again.
>
> Lock file "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432.lock" already exists.
> Is another postmaster (pid 1979) using
> "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
> /opt/iexpress/postgresql/bin/postmaster: cannot create
> UNIX stream port
>
>
> Does anyone know what kind of operation can cause this
> error?
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Zengfa
>
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