[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: [cobalt-users] RAQ4-postgres/gui errors and rebuild

> > It seems like if you just delete the entire database and rebuild
it,
> > that should fix the problem.
> > I've done that before usign the instructions at the url below and
it
> > works.
> >
http://list.cobalt.com/pipermail/cobalt-users/2002-January/062036.html
> Hi Ken,
>
> If for whatever reason things don't work right, will replacing all
the
> files that I backed up from the /var/lib/pgsql/data directory take
me
> back to where I started?

Yes you will be just back where you started. But, I've done it at
least 5 times with no problem. The only problem I've had is when I
left the data directory owned by root instead of being owned by the
postgres user. It should be:
drwx------    4 postgres postgres     1024 Jun  5 10:52 data


----
Ken Marcus
Precision Web Hosting
mailto:ken@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.precisionweb.net