On Monday 29 November 2010 7:02:46 am Mohammed Rashad wrote: > I am running ubuntu 10.04 > I have problem installing postgresql-8.4 > > when i tried to start postgresql > /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.4 start > > I am getting this error > > * Starting PostgreSQL 8.4 database server > * Error: could not exec > /usr/lib/postgresql/8.4/bin/pg_ctl /usr/lib/postgresql/8.4/bin/pg_ctl start > -D /var/lib/postgresql/8.4/main -l > /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-8.4-main.log -s -o -c > config_file="/etc/postgresql/8.4/main/postgresql.conf" : Are you trying to start Postgres as root? If so Postgres will not run as root, you will need to start it as the Postgres superuser, usually that is postgres. -- Adrian Klaver adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
