HI There,

I am having problems with postgres sql on open SUSE Linux 10.3. Everything worked well until my controls froze up and I had to switch off my machine and restart it again manually.
Now postgres is down and I cannot restart it !!

I have tried using yast2 to check the run time level and that displays a yes* for postgres. I have tried to disable and enable through yast2 but these both return a 1 (errror).

I have also tried these commands

linux-v5rh:/home/steven # rcpostgresql status
Checking for PostgreSQL: unused

linux-v5rh:/home/steven # rcpostgresql start
Starting PostgreSQL2008-10-01 17:55:57 BST FATAL: data directory "/var/lib/pgsql/data" has group or world access
2008-10-01 17:55:57 BST DETAIL: Permissions should be u=rwx (0700).

Nothing seems to work ....

Can anyone advise ?

regards,

Steven M