Hi Tom, > Joost Kraaijeveld <J.Kraaijeveld@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > PANIC: could not open file > > "/var/lib/postgresql/8.0/main/pg_xlog/00000001.history": Permission > > denied > > Read the error message! You have a permissions problem --- > most likely, > some directory in the path to the new xlog directory isn't readable by > postgres. No, that is not the case as far as I can see: I could do a "touch myfile" in all directories in the path to the pg_xlog directory, as root and as postgres. I also could do "ls -al" in every directory in the path. I checked all this with another Debian box which has a slightly other PostgreSQL version and there it works as advertised. So PostgreSQL 8.0.3-7 works with symlinked pg_xlog directory and PostgreSQL 8.0.3-15 does not. Can I downgrade to 8.0.3-7 without dump/restore? TIA Groeten, Joost Kraaijeveld Askesis B.V. Molukkenstraat 14 6524NB Nijmegen tel: 024-3888063 / 06-51855277 fax: 024-3608416 e-mail: J.Kraaijeveld@xxxxxxxxxx web: www.askesis.nl ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org