Return-Path: pg_adm@postgres.berkeley.edu Received: by postgres.Berkeley.EDU (5.61/1.29) id AA19315; Thu, 11 Jul 91 17:32:26 -0700 Date: Thu, 11 Jul 91 17:32:26 -0700 Message-Id: <9107120032.AA19315@postgres.Berkeley.EDU> From: kyongsok kim Subject: Re: postgres system problems To: postgres@postgres.berkeley.edu > From: dmh@goanna.cs.rmit.OZ.AU > Subject: postgres system problems > Date: Fri, 12 Jul 91 09:48:46 +1000 > Every day the postgres backend seems to stop working properly... > I usually kill > and restart the postmaster and things start working again (for a while). I guess quite a few people (including me) reported this problem and this problem seems to occur irrespective of the hardware/software you are using. I have not used postgres much since February 1991. I have been wondering if the problem has been fixed, since I plan to use postgres again fairly much in the near future. > Another thing I have noticed since we've been running postgres is that normal > users (!root) cannot run ipcs properly, eg: > > numbat:719% ipcs ... > > shmctl: Permission denied I did not have any problem running ipcs on our machine. I don't know why you have a problem. > It is > very annoying having to continually check the system to make sure it is > working. Ditto. I understand what you are talking about. I vaguely remember that I mentioned this is the first and biggest problem to be solved if postgres is to be used uninterrupted. k kim