Hi Tom, On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 13:05 -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > 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". It does not suprise me either . But in an attempt to be complete I added the (almost) full directory listing of the permissions and contents of the relevant directories. *I* cannot find any "access denied" reason. Can you? (do I sound desperate enough ;-)?) -- 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 6: explain analyze is your friend