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? -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver PGP: 1024R/32B8FAA1: 97 EA 1D 47 72 3F 28 47 6B 7E 39 CC 56 E4 C1 47 GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C ======================================== "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally without finding fault, and it will be given to him." James 1:5
