Re: PostgreSQL vs FreeBSD 7.0 as regular user

On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 22:39 +0200, Zoltan Boszormenyi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> is there anyone using PostgreSQL on FreeBSD 7.0 starting from scratch?
> I compiled 8.3.3 and wanted to run initdb in my home directory but
> it fails with the error below.

> I configured the shared memory settings in advance according to
> the PostgreSQL 8.3 online docs:
>
> $ cat /etc/sysctl.conf
> ...
> kern.ipc.shmall=32768
> kern.ipc.shmmax=134217728
> kern.ipc.semmap=256
>
> These three settings were also set with "sysctl -w ..." to take effect
> immediately.

Are you buy chance in a jail?

Joshua D. Drake

--
The PostgreSQL Company since 1997: http://www.commandprompt.com/
PostgreSQL Community Conference: http://www.postgresqlconference.org/
United States PostgreSQL Association: http://www.postgresql.us/
Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate