Re: BUG #2298: Bug using copy

Read the COPY manual page. Permissions for COPY are based on the server
user, not the psql user. Try psql \copy.

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Nahum Castro wrote:
>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference: 2298
> Logged by: Nahum Castro
> Email address: pedro1_72(at)yahoo(dot)com
> PostgreSQL version: 8.1.1
> Operating system: Linux Kernel 2.6.22
> Description: Bug using copy
> Details:
>
> When I try to copy from a file using psql I get the permision error, so I
> can not load from any file
> [geografia(at)localhost datos]$ ls -l
> total 96
> -rwxrwxr-x 1 geografia geografia 30189 mar 2 12:52 archivo1.csv
> -rwxrwxrwx 1 geografia geografia 30189 mar 2 12:43 archivo.csv
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 geografia geografia 30189 mar 2 13:32 ar.csv
> [geografia(at)localhost datos]$ pwd
> /home/geografia/datos
> [geografia(at)localhost datos]$ psql geoest
> Bienvenido a psql 8.1.1, la terminal interactiva de PostgreSQL.
>
> Digite: \copyright para ver los trminos de distribucin
> \h para ayuda de comandos SQL
> \? para ayuda de comandos psql
> \g o or termine con punto y coma para ejecutar una consulta
> \q para salir
>
> geoest=# copy datos2 (dato_float, cve_subtema, fecha, fuente, cve_mpio) from
> '/home/geografia/datos/ar.csv' with csv;
> ERROR: no se pudo abrir archivo /home/geografia/datos/ar.csv para
> lectura: Permiso denegado
> geoest=#
>
> But it works if I copy the file to /opt/ and load from there.
> Thanks
>
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