On mån, 2010-11-29 at 21:57 +0530, Mohammed Rashad wrote:
> when i start postgresql using
> /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.4 start
> I am getting this error
> IST FATAL: could not create lock file
> "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432.lock": Permission denied
You probably need to run this command as root.