Rich Shepard <rshepard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > A java application threw a major error when closing and it crashed my > system (including wiping out most of /tmp). After rebooting I su'd to user > postgres and tried to start postgresql-9.5.4, but this error displays: > postgres@salmo:~$ FATAL: could not open shared memory segment > "/PostgreSQL.1804289383": Permission denied Wrong permissions on /dev/shm, perhaps? On Linux I believe it should always be drwxrwxrwt. 2 root root 160 Sep 30 15:23 /dev/shm/ Although TBH, the first question you should be asking yourself is why you're running *any* java application with root privileges, which is what I think would be needed to let this happen. 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
