'pg_ctl status' returns 'neither postmaster nor postgres running'. Looking for help restart postgres. Thanks On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Major Services <services.major@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Where to look for postmaster.pid? > It is not in the data directory. There is one file postmaster.opts there. > > Should I try running 'pg_ctl start -l logfile' ? > > On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 10:24 PM, Paul Anderson <paul.a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> After verifying that the postmaster was not running you did remove the >> postmaster.pid file, right? >> >> FATAL: lock file "postmaster.pid"already exists >> >> >> On 3/2/10 11:43 AM, Major Services wrote: >>> >>> Help me start the server. >>> As I mentioned in an earlier post today (subject: password >>> authentication failed for user postgres), 'service postgresql restart' >>> had stopped the server but *server >>> start failed*. >>> >>> Step wise list of commands to be given would be great! >>> Do I need to login as postgres? >>> >>> Being new to PostgreSQL, am looking for some hand-holding. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Viv >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) >> To make changes to your subscription: >> http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin >> > -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
