Re: unable to add users

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Pradeepkumar, Pyatalo (IE10)" <Pradeepkumar(dot)Pyatalo(at)honeywell(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: unable to add users
Date: 2004-09-21 14:10:50
Message-ID: 475.1095775850@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Pradeepkumar, Pyatalo (IE10)" <Pradeepkumar(dot)Pyatalo(at)honeywell(dot)com> writes:
> I get the following error.....
> createuser: could not connect to database template1: FATAL: could not open
> file "/usr/local/pgsql/data/global/1262": Permission denied

Looks like you started the postmaster as the wrong user (ie, not the
account that owns the database files).

regards, tom lane

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