Re: Postgresql problem

[Meir Kriheli <meir@mksoft.co.il>]

On Friday 25 January 2002 11:45, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 04:01:00 +0200, Meir Kriheli wrote:
> > After upgrading sid, postgresql won't start anymore.
> >
> > The error says:
> > There is no PostgreSQL database framework in /var/lib/postgres/data.
> > Run initdb as the postgres user to create it
>
> It looks like you have/had the broken base-passwd package installed which
> swapped uids and gids. Check that your /etc/passwd is sane, and correct the
> ownership/group membership of /var/lib/postgres/data and everything in
> there.
>
> HTH,
> Ray

Thanks, that was it.

/etc/passwd was OK (I copied the backup to the original), but I guess 
PostgreSQL was upgraded before the fix.

BTW
Permission  should be corrected for /var/run/postgresql as well
--
Meir Kriheli