Re: Help with "Permission Denied"

From: Jon Erdman <postgresql(at)thewickedtribe(dot)net>
To: Bryan Hinton <bryan(at)bryanhinton(dot)com>
Cc: Antony Loop <antonyloop(at)gmail(dot)com>, austinpug(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Help with "Permission Denied"
Date: 2010-07-20 23:24:54
Message-ID: 4C463046.4090204@thewickedtribe.net
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Look closer, the permission denied was on the actual .sql file he was
trying to read into psql...i.e. postgres user didn't have read on it,
filesystem wise ;)
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Jon T Erdman (aka StuckMojo)
PostgreSQL Zealot

On 07/20/2010 02:20 PM, Bryan Hinton wrote:
> couple of items:
> might want to set $HOME for postgres to /usr/local/pgsql
> then chown create_tables-bpsimple.sql as appropriate
> last of all, check \dp after you fix the file permissions - to make sure
> neil can create tables
>
> On 7/20/10 1:14 PM, Antony Loop wrote:
>> Dear Sirs:
>
>> Postgresql was installed normally from source code in Ubuntu Hardy Heron
>> with standard configuration.
>
>> But I receive a message "Permission denied" when trying to run a .sql script
>> to create tables
>> in a already created database. The script is located in /usr/local/pgsql
>
>> Any suggestions?
>
>> Session example:
>
>> root(at)tikal:/home/pakal# su - postgres
>> No directory, logging in with HOME=/
>
>> $ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql -U neil -d bpsimple
>> psql (8.4.4)
>> Type "help" for help.
>
>> bpsimple=#
>
>> bpsimple=# \i /usr/local/pgsql/create_tables-bpsimple.sql
>> /usr/local/pgsql/create_tables-bpsimple.sql: Permission denied
>
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