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.
Johann
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