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                        POSTGRESQL BUG REPORT TEMPLATE
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Your name               :   Peter Whiting       
Your email address      :   pwhiting@sprint.net


System Configuration
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  Architecture (example: Intel Pentium)         :   SunOS alta 5.6 Generic sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-1

  Operating System (example: Linux 2.0.26 ELF)  :   solaris 2.6

  PostgreSQL version (example: PostgreSQL-6.5.1):   postgresql-7.0RC3 

  Compiler used (example:  gcc 2.8.0)           :   gcc version 2.7.2.3



Please enter a FULL description of your problem:
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Creating a new database results in an error:

ERROR:  CREATE DATABASE: Could not initialize database directory. 
Delete failed as well

I have verified that the postgres user has proper write permissions to 
the directory.  
I modified postgresql-7.0RC3/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c to print 
out more information  (currently it doesn't print out much failure info 
when the cp failes.) 

In createdb(const char *dbname, const char *dbpath, int encoding) I print 
out the attempted command (stored in buf) and the error string when system 
fails.  The message I get:

ERROR:  CREATE DATABASE: attempted cp /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/template1/* 
 '/usr/local/pgsql/data/base/test5' : No child processes

I can execute the cp from the command line as is and it works.  
The error message indicates it isn't a permission problem.

ideas?


Please describe a way to repeat the problem.   Please try to provide a
concise reproducible example, if at all possible: 
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createdb test5


If you know how this problem might be fixed, list the solution below:
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