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From: Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz>
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Subject: Re: Recover data without backup (Mac OS X 10.5 and PostgreSQL 8.4)
Date: 21 Jul 2012 11:37:14 GMT
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On 2012-07-18, pyarchinit@gmail.com <pyarchinit@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi to all,
> my mac book pro died and I recover my pg folder from the old HD.
>
> Now under Imac I've tried to recover data replacing my data folder under mac os x and potgres 8.4 but unfortunatly i recive this message on console
>
>
> (com.edb.launchd.postgresql-8.4[950]) Exited with exit code: 1	18/07/12 13.08.21	com.apple.launchd[1]
> (com.edb.launchd.postgresql-8.4) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds	18/07/12 13.08.21	com.apple.launchd[1]
> 2012-07-18 11:08:31 GMTFATAL:  data directory "/Library/PostgreSQL/8.4/data" has wrong ownership	18/07/12 13.08.31	com.edb.launchd.postgresql-8.4[951]
> 2012-07-18 11:08:31 GMTHINT:  The server must be started by the user that owns the data directory.	18/07/12 13.08.31	com.edb.launchd.postgresql-8.4[951]
>
>
> How can I set in the right way my PostgreSQL/8.4 folder and the data folder?

as root:

 chown -R postgres /Library/PostgreSQL/8.4/data
 
assuming "postgres" is the right user.

https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/Manpages/man8/chown.8.html

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