Re: problem with COPY command

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alain Hermosilla Ringger <ahermosi(at)lonquensur(dot)cl>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: problem with COPY command
Date: 2003-11-17 02:09:21
Message-ID: 200311170209.hAH29LE12191@candle.pha.pa.us
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Alain Hermosilla Ringger wrote:
> I have a problem to populate a database with the copy command
>
> my write command are:
>
> > COPY telefono FROM '/home/alain/Documents/prueba2.txt'
> > WITH DELIMITER AS ',';
>
> The pgsql server answer the following:
>
> > ERROR: COPY command, running in backend with effective uid 26, could
> > not open file '/home/alain/Documents/prueba2.txt' for reading. Errno
> > = Permiso denegado (13).

COPY runs as the owner of the backend process, not of the client. You
can either give the backend owner permission to read the file or psql
\copy, which runs locally.

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