Steve Langlois <steve.langlois@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I ran > + /usr/bin/initdb --pgdata=/usr/xxx/databases/pgsql/data --auth=ident > without issue however when I try to start the database it complains about the lockfile. > FATAL: could not create lock file "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432.lock": Permission denied The problem is not the lock file. The problem is that it wants to create a socket file there. You should be able to fix this by changing the value of unix_socket_directories. Presumably, you are working with a distro-modified version of Postgres, because the stock sources don't use /var/run/postgresql as a socket directory. You will likely find that your version of libpq.so also expects /var/run/postgresql as the socket directory, so you won't be able to make non-TCP connections without explicitly specifying /tmp (or wherever you choose to put the socket) as the host location. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
