Re: postgres database framework disappeared: Solved
Johann Spies wrote:
>On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 11:03:23PM +0200, Johann Spies wrote:
>
>> I don't know how this happened. Suddenly postgres's postmaster is not
>> running and trying to make it run results in the following error
>> message:
>>
>> There is no PostgreSQL database framework in /var/postgres/data.
>> Run initdb as the postgres user to create it.
>
>I found the culprit but still does not know how it happened:
>
>In /etc/passwd the line was
>postgres:x:31:32:postgres:/var/lib/postgres:/bin/sh
> ^^^^
>I removed the /lib part and then after a reboot it worked.
>
>
>How /var/postgres became /var/lib/postgres I do not know. Earlier
>today there was no problem and I did not edit that file for months.
Did you update base-passwd?
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