# FATAL: קובץ הנעילה "postmaster.pid" ריק

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**Created:** [4 באוקטובר,‏ 2022,‏ 2:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fatal-lock-file-postmaster-pid-is-empty/240895 "2022-10-04T14:52:49Z")\
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First time I have seen the following error when trying to rebuild.

```plaintext
2022-10-04 14:39:49.780 UTC [1700] FATAL: lock file "postmaster.pid" is empty
2022-10-04 14:39:49.780 UTC [1700] HINT: Either another server is starting, or the lock file is the remnant of a previous server startup crash.

```

I can obviously read the hint but not sure how to proceed. Can anyone offer insight?

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