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List:       postgresql-general
Subject:    Re: [GENERAL] Problem starting pgsql server on Mac OS X. Pg_hba.conf reading permission.
From:       John DeSoi <desoi () pgedit ! com>
Date:       2009-08-31 17:17:23
Message-ID: 4BF2EF36-E49E-4B50-885B-ABFBAD48F5D1 () pgedit ! com
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On Aug 31, 2009, at 5:24 AM, NNL wrote:

> BigMac:~ postgres$ FATAL:  data directory "/usr/local/pgsql/data"  
> has group or world access
> DETAIL:  Permissions should be u=rwx (0700).
>
> chmod 700 /usr/local/pgsql/data/
> BigMac:~ postgres$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl start -D /usr/local/ 
> pgsql/data
>
> server starting
> BigMac:~ postgres$ LOG:  could not open configuration file "/usr/ 
> local/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf": Permission denied
> FATAL:  could not load pg_hba.conf


Most likely because the user you are using (appears to be postgres  
from the prompt) is not the owner of file (and database). This would  
be the case if initdb was run as a different user than postgres. Run  
"ls -al" to check.  So your options are to change the ownership of the  
files, or run as the user which already owns them. Something like

sudo -u username /usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl start -D /usr/local/pgsql/ 
data




John DeSoi, Ph.D.





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