Postgres8.1 Database Server could not be started

[shahjapan]

Hi,

I have installed postgres 8.1 server on UIBUNTU

/etc/init.d/postgresql-8.1 start

but when I tried to start it, it gives following error.

Starting PostgreSQL 8.1 database server: main* Insecure directory in $ENV {PATH} while running with - T switch At /usr/bin/pg_ctlcluster line 52.

[michaelb]

First make sure that system directories (/usr/local/bin/, /bin, /usr/bin, etc) have safe permissions.

If they look alright then this could be a UIBUNTU overzealous approach to determining what could be considered a tainted (insecure) data.
Try to replace -T with -t in /usr/bin/pg_ctlcluster around line 52

[shahjapan]

Thanks,


My Problem is solved, I have unlink the pgdata folder and created a new databse using initdb command then started the postgres server, solved my problem.

First make sure that system directories (/usr/local/bin/, /bin, /usr/bin, etc) have safe permissions.

If they look alright then this could be a UIBUNTU overzealous approach to determining what could be considered a tainted (insecure) data.
Try to replace -T with -t in /usr/bin/pg_ctlcluster around line 52