<rocael@usa.net> writes:
> FATAL 1: configuration file `postgresql.conf' has wrong permissions
> One thing to note is that before I rebooted linux I did this:
> chmod 755 -R /usr/local/pgsql
That was a bad idea. 700 is the most permission you should have on the
/usr/local/pgsql/data directory. I am not sure why the code is so picky
about postgresql.conf and not about the data directory as a whole ---
but it will refuse to start up if postgresql.conf has more than 744
permissions.
regards, tom lane