perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

[Alex Moura <>]

Hi Andrew,

Here is goes:

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[root@ps ~]# rm -rf /var/lib/pgsql/data/*

[root@ps ~]# /opt/perfsonar_ps/toolkit/scripts/system_environment/configure_esmond

Initializing database:                                     [  OK  ]

Starting postgresql service:                               [FAILED]

Waiting for postgresql to complete startup

could not change directory to "/root"

Password:

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REgards,

Alex

On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Andrew Lake <> wrote:

Hi,

Re-run the steps and make sure you copied my commands correctly. Send me any output from them if that doesn't work.  

Thanks,

Andy

On Oct 14, 2014, at 3:29 PM, Alex Moura <> wrote:

On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Andrew Lake <> wrote:

Hi,

Postgres user. Try running the following:

rm -rf /var/lib/pgsql/data/*
/opt/perfsonar_ps/toolkit/scripts/system_environment/configure_esmond
/opt/perfsonar_ps/toolkit/scripts/system_environment/configure_regular_testing
/etc/init.d/httpd restart
/etc/init.d/regular_testing start

Hello,

What to do when performing these steps, and a password is asked by Postgresql?

Starting postgresql service:                               [FAILED]

Waiting for postgresql to complete startup

could not change directory to "/root"

Password: 

psql: fe_sendauth: no password supplied

could not change directory to "/root"

Password: 

psql: fe_sendauth: no password supplied

could not change directory to "/root"

Password: 

psql: FATAL:  password authentication failed for user "postgres"

Stopping postgresql service:                               [FAILED]

Starting postgresql service:                               [FAILED]

Thanks,

Alex