"J S B" <jsbali@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > FATAL: could not open lock file "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432.lock": Permission > denied > Can you please tell me what is this all about? It looks to me like you have, or had, another postmaster running under a different userid. Perhaps you should back up to the beginning and tell us what you've been doing with this installation. regards, tom lane
