I merged dev-db/postgresql-7.3 and ran ebuild /usr/portage/dev- db/postgresql/postgresql-version config. But I can't seem to be able to start the server. Running /etc/init.d/postgresql start shows a fail code but no error message. Also, there are no logs, the path declared in the conf file at /etc/conf.d/postgresql (/var/lib/postgresql/data/postgresql.log) doesn't exist (file isn't there) so I've no idea how to retrieve the error message. /etc/conf.d/postgresql Code: # PostgreSQL's Database Directory PGDATA=/var/lib/postgresql/data # Logfile path: (NOTE: This must be uid/gid owned by the value of $PGUSER!) PGLOG=/var/lib/postgresql/data/postgresql.log # Run the PostgreSQL user as: PGUSER=postgres # Extra options to run postmaster with. # If you want to enable TCP/IP for PostgreSQL, add -i to the following: PGOPTS="-N 1024 -B 2048" /etc/init.d/postgresql Code: depend() { need net } start() { ebegin "Starting postgres" su - $PGUSER -c "/usr/bin/pg_ctl start -D '$PGDATA' -s -l '$PGLOG' - o '$PGOPTS'" eend $? } stop () { ebegin "Stopping postgres" su - $PGUSER -c "/usr/bin/pg_ctl stop -D '$PGDATA' -s -m fast" eend $? } svc_restart () { ebegin "Restarting postgres" su - $PGUSER -c "/usr/bin/pg_ctl restart -D '$PGDATA' -s -m fast - l '$PGLOG' -o '$PGOPTS'" eend $? } Running the command from the init file above on the command line gives no return value but it still doesn't start the server. I tried running /usr/bin/pg_ctl status -D '/var/lib/postgresql/data' and it tells me the server isn't running but I still don't know why. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
What is shell of postgres user? If it is '/bin/false', you should change to '/bin/bash'.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 10367 ***
