[Babase] login not working on papio

Lacey Maryott lacey.maryott at duke.edu
Thu Nov 13 12:21:30 EST 2008


hmm, I just logged in a used it with no trouble for about 5 minutes, and 
now it has logged me out and is saying loggin failed :-\

Karl O. Pinc wrote:
>
> On 11/13/2008 10:50:29 AM, Lacey Maryott wrote:
>> Good morning,
>>
>>    I am trying to log into the db and cannot do so using my own 
>> username/pass or the babase_admin one. :(
>
> The postgresql database backend was killed by the system
> last night because the system was running out of memory.
>
> This might be because someone ran an out of control query,
> or it might be something else.
>
> I notice that there is a backup process running that has
> been running for a while.  I've not seen this before and
> it might have something to do with the problem.
>
> I've restarted the database.  It may be slow for a while
> while it recovers.  Write if there are further problems.
>
> FYI, we did not get a backup last night.  Otherwise backups
> seem to be working fine.
>
> Has this happened before?  I seem to recall some problem
> some 6 months ago?  The Postgresql people have fixed some
> memory leaks since we last upgraded.  It may be that we
> simply need to restart the database backend every quarter
> or so until we next upgrade.
>
> Karl <kop at meme.com>
> Free Software:  "You don't pay back, you pay forward."
>                  -- Robert A. Heinlein
>
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Lacey Maryott
Alberts Lab
Department of Biology
Duke University
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