Re: postgres install fails on sid

[John Masters <johnmasters@oxtedonline.net>]

On 16:04 Sun 07 Oct     , Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 07, 2007 at 13:49:11 +0000, John Masters wrote:
> > I have posted this to the Postgres list also.
> > 
> > Cannot get Postgres 8.2 working on Debian sid using the Debian package.
> > At the config stage I get a message telling me to run:-
> > 
> >     pg_createcluster 8.2 main --start
> > 
> > Doing this (as root) produces the following output:-
> > 
> >     Creating new cluster (configuration: /etc/postgresql/8.2/main, \
> >     data: /var/lib/postgresql/8.2/main)...
> >     sh: /dev/null: Permission denied
> 
> I would start with the first problem that is reported: "sh: /dev/null:
> Permission denied". What are the permissions of the /dev/null node on
> your system? It should be writable by anyone:
> 
> $ ls -l /dev/null
> crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 2007-10-07 14:28 /dev/null
> 
Thanks, that seems to be the problem. permissions for /dev/null 
are -rw-r--r--

What is the c part of the permissions and how do you set it? I have
googled and searched my books but all I can find is that it is a
character device file but no mention of how to set the attribute.
Would it be OK to just chmod 666?

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Regards, John