# Problem starting PBS server

**URL:** <https://community.openpbs.org/t/problem-starting-pbs-server/1053>\
**Category:** Users/Site Administrators\
**Created:** [June 26, 2018, 6:48am UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/problem-starting-pbs-server/1053 "2018-06-26T06:48:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![gabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5daacb/32.png) [@gabe](https://community.openpbs.org/u/gabe)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/problem-starting-pbs-server/1053/2 "2018-06-27T14:58:12Z")

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PBSPro uses pgsql to store the server configuration, and comes with a pgsql embedded (see rpm -ql pbspro-server). You will need to create a new system-level user, typically called ‘pbsdata’, and ensure that /var/spool/pbs/datastore is owned by that user. The RPM does not automatically create that user, which is not obvious, in my opinion. I would do this on a new PBSPro install:

```
groupadd pbsdata
useradd -g pbsdata -r pbsdata
mkdir -p /var/spool/pbs/datastore
chown pbsdata:pbsdata /var/spool/pbs/datastore

```

Then start PBS server.

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