Re: PostgreSQL's vacuumdb fails to allocate memory for non-root users

From: Douglas McNaught <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org>
To: Sven Willenberger <sven(at)dmv(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, stable(at)freebsd(dot)org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL's vacuumdb fails to allocate memory for non-root users
Date: 2005-06-29 14:35:01
Message-ID: m2ekal2puy.fsf@Douglas-McNaughts-Powerbook.local
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Sven Willenberger <sven(at)dmv(dot)com> writes:

> Again, if I log in as myself and try to run
> the command vaccumdb -a -z it fails; if I su to root and repeat it works
> fine. I am trying to narrow this down to a PostgreSQL issue vs FreeBSD
> issue.

That's really weird, because in both cases the actual VACUUM work
happens in the backend, which should be running as 'postgres'. I
don't see how the client user could possibly make a difference.

-Doug

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