Hi -
I have a
postgresql 7.4.6 installation that supports a Lyris List Manager service,
running on Red Hat Enterprise ES 4
Last week during a
move of the server, the hard drive of the server suffered some damage in several
blocks, that prevented it from booting. I was able to recover the pgsql
directory off of the disk, but have not been doing regular dumps to recover
from.
I have rebuilt the
server using a new disk, keeping the same server name, IP address, etc. I
successfully reinstalled postgresql and I'm trying to substitute the old data
directory into the new installation, however, I get permission problems. I have
reset all file owner and groups to the postgres user, and used chmod to give
just the postgres user rw permission (600, oh and 700 on the data directory
itself). However, I still get problems that the postmaster will not start
because it's getting permission denied on
/data/global/pg_control.
I realize that I am
not doing this the correct way by restoring a legitimate backup, but there must
be a way to be able to recover the static files. Can anybody help set me on the
right path?
Thanks in
advance!
David
David Fenske
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Technology Administrator
National Honey
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