On 11/14/18 6:58 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Nov 2018, Adrian Klaver wrote:
>
>> Just realized the question I should have asked is:
>> How did you get the pg_dumpall file processed by Postgres?
>> In other words how did you do it without a password?
>
> As user postgres I entered the command
> $ psql -f dump-all.sql
>
> In any case, I need to back up because I missed something when
> initializing the cluster.
>
> ps ax | grep postgres
>
> shows a number of processes, but psql tells me there's no server running,
> and there is no postmaster.opts or postmaster.pid in the data directory.
>
> I can delete contents of the data directory and re-initdb, or re-install
> the application and start from scratch.
It was running when you did this:
psql -f dump-all.sql
correct?
Seems to me it is a start up script issue.
Have you rebooted the computer since the last time Postgres ran?
Is there a startup script in init.d/ or where ever your scripts are?
Can you start the server manually using pg_ctl?
>
> Advice appreciated,
>
> Rich
>
>
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Adrian Klaver
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