Neither is the case. I have over 60GB of space left, and the database is currently at about 800Mb. Restarting the service resolves the problem, so it is not a file permissions issue. As I mentioned, I this sems to happen, internmittently, when postgresql.conf is reloaded. -----Original Message----- From: Scott Marlowe [mailto:smarlowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 1:14 PM To: Benjamin Krajmalnik Cc: pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Strange errors in log file On Thu, 2006-05-25 at 14:00, Benjamin Krajmalnik wrote: > I am running PostgreSQL 8.1.3/Win > > > > Earlier yesterday, it appeared that the server stopped responding. > > I went through the log files and noticed the following type of > entries. > > > > > > 22462 is the filenode for my database. I could not find what the > other two are. > > > > > > 2006-05-24 12:16:35 LOG: could not fsync segment 0 of relation > 1663/22462/18193301: Permission denied You're likely either out of disk space, or someone's changed the permissions on a pgsql directory or file.