Re: Strange error message

Robert.Farrugia@go.com.mt writes:
> FATAL 2:  InitRelink(logfile 347 seg 167) failed: Operation not permitted

Looks like a permissions problem in the pg_xlog directory.  Is that
directory owned and writable by the postgres user?

> The setup is as follows, the pg_xlog is situated on another PC (win
> 2000) mounted using samba.

Gack.  I'd rate this as a "zero reliability" setup.  I take it your data
is not very important to you?  If it is, find a way to avoid using NFS.
Especially NFS to a Windoze server.

            regards, tom lane