Philippe Schmid <phschmid@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > 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 Perhaps that file already exists? regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq