Joost Kraaijeveld <J.Kraaijeveld@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: >>> PANIC: could not open file >>> "/var/lib/postgresql/8.0/main/pg_xlog/00000001.history": Permission >>> denied >> So what happens if you do: >> ls -l /var/lib/postgresql/8.0/main/pg_xlog/00000001.history > There is not a file with that name. Not surprising; the problem is that it's getting "Permission denied" instead of "No such file". regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster