psql : Error: Cannot stat /pgdata/8.2/main
Hi,
I have moved my database files from their default location to their own
partition on with their own controller and disks. PostgreSQL works OK
and I can connect with Pgadmin (Debian Lenny AMD64, PostgreSQL 8.2.4).
When I want to connect with psql however (with a non-root account) I get
the following:
panoramix:~$ psql -d my_database
Error: Cannot stat /pgdata/8.2/main
/pgdata/8.2/main is the location where the database files are actually
located.
Why do I get this error and what should I do to be able to connect to
the database?
TIA
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Joost Kraaijeveld <J.Kraaijeveld@Askesis.nl> writes:
I have moved my database files from their default location to their own
partition on with their own controller and disks. PostgreSQL works OK
and I can connect with Pgadmin (Debian Lenny AMD64, PostgreSQL 8.2.4).
When I want to connect with psql however (with a non-root account) I get
the following:
panoramix:~$ psql -d my_database
Error: Cannot stat /pgdata/8.2/main
/pgdata/8.2/main is the location where the database files are actually
located.
psql itself has no business touching the database directory, and a quick
search of the source code shows no instance of "Cannot stat" anywhere in
released PG sources.
I think you are being burnt by some misbehavior of Debian's wrapper
patches, and a complaint directed there is the next step for you.
regards, tom lane
On Wednesday 13. June 2007 15:45, Tom Lane wrote:
psql itself has no business touching the database directory, and a
quick search of the source code shows no instance of "Cannot stat"
anywhere in released PG sources.I think you are being burnt by some misbehavior of Debian's wrapper
patches, and a complaint directed there is the next step for you.
FWIW, 'Cannot stat' is usually coming from the cp command, and indicates
that it can't find the source file.
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On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 09:45:52AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
Joost Kraaijeveld <J.Kraaijeveld@Askesis.nl> writes:
I have moved my database files from their default location to their own
partition on with their own controller and disks. PostgreSQL works OK
and I can connect with Pgadmin (Debian Lenny AMD64, PostgreSQL 8.2.4).When I want to connect with psql however (with a non-root account) I get
the following:panoramix:~$ psql -d my_database
Error: Cannot stat /pgdata/8.2/main/pgdata/8.2/main is the location where the database files are actually
located.psql itself has no business touching the database directory, and a quick
search of the source code shows no instance of "Cannot stat" anywhere in
released PG sources.I think you are being burnt by some misbehavior of Debian's wrapper
patches, and a complaint directed there is the next step for you.
It shows up a couple of times in the Debian wrapper scripts, when it's
trying to figure out which socket to actually connect to. It only gets
there after giving up on reading postgresql.conf and after giving up on
/var/run/postgresql. From the bug Joost filed in the Debian bts[1]http://bugs.debian.org/428698 -- Pascal Hakim Do not bend, it
looks like the Debian upgrade script got confused somehow.
Cheers,
Pasc
[1]: http://bugs.debian.org/428698 -- Pascal Hakim Do not bend
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