hi, how did you install PostgreSQL? from source or from dmg? which user are you using to start the instance? On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 00:22:47 +0100, Philippe Schmid wrote > Dear list, > > I have a problem starting PG 8.0 on a OSX machine, getting this > FATAL: could not open lock file "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432.lock": > Permission denied > > I checked the privs on /tmp > ls -ld /tmp > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 11 4 Oct 2003 /tmp -> private/tmp > > ls -ld /private/tmp > drwxrwxrwt 21 root wheel 714 4 Feb 00:09 /private/tmp > > and of course, PG 8.0 starts on another machine, with the same OS > version 10.3.7, PG version 8.0, configuration. > Nothing found in system, console logs. > > Did someone already experienced this ? > Many thanks for some ideas, I can't see what's wrong... (ok, its > late...) > > Philippe > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Jonel Rienton http://blogs.road14.com Software Developer, *nix Advocate ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
