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Kali Linux Issue Starting Metasploit/Postgres
When trying to start Metasploit from the Application menu or starting postgresql from the command line I got the following error:
“Starting PostgreSQL 9.1 database server: main[….] The PostgreSQL server failed to start. Please check the log output”
I was also running low on available space in my VM too, so clearing out the /tmp directory and running ‘apt-get clean’ seemed to help. I updated the /usr/sbin/update-rc.d file and commented out postgres in the black list and wrote it in enabled in the white list section. Then, after rebooting, I just had to start postgres manually:
su postgres -c "/usr/lib/postgresql/9.1/bin/postgres -D /etc/postgresql/9.1/main/" &
Categories: Kali, Metasploit
Tags: error, kali, metasploit, postgresql, tools
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