The error message says all. Pgpool process needs to create /var/run/pgpool/pgpool.pid when starting up. So you should give pgpool write access right to the directory(/var/run/pgpool/), and of courese along with access right to reach the directory. -- Tatsuo Ishii SRA OSS, Inc. Japan > Hello, > > I have encountered a problem while configuring pgpool-II,I encountered a problem while executing the following command. > > pgpool -n & > [1] 2796 > [achandana@localhost ~]$ pool_config: could not open configuration file (pgpool.conf) > pool_config: using default values... > pid file found but it seems bogus. Trying to start pgpool anyway... > 2009-04-19 12:39:24 ERROR: pid 2796: could not open pid file as /var/run/pgpool/pgpool.pid. reason: Permission denied > > Following were the default paths in pgpool.conf file > > # Logging directory > logdir = '/tmp' > > # pid file name > pid_file_name = '/var/run/pgpool/pgpool.pid' > > since there is no pgpool/pgpool.pid file in run folder i created pgpool directory and pgpool.pid file in that directory and gave a value 2678 in pgpool.pid file then i got the above message.Can you guys please help me in this? > > Thanks, > Aravind. > > > -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general