Re: cannot connect to postgres db, strange error!

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Nizar Ghazali <nghazali(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: cannot connect to postgres db, strange error!
Date: 2004-05-20 17:46:14
Message-ID: 2950.1085075174@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Nizar Ghazali <nghazali(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> Im running postgres 7.4.3 on HP-UX 11.11. When I want
> to connect to my db, I have the following error:

> psql: FATAL: _mdfd_getrelnfd: cannot open relation
> pg_class: Permission denied

Sounds to me like you started the postmaster as the wrong user
(not the one who did initdb).

regards, tom lane

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