Re: Strange "permission denied" errors on pg_restore

On Sat, 2024-06-29 at 01:04 -0400, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 29, 2024 at 12:31 AM Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2024-06-28 at 09:34 -0400, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > pg_restore: error: COPY failed for table "batch_rp4_y2022m08": ERROR:  permission denied for schema tapschema
> >
> > - Was the database you restored into totally empty?
> >
> > - What was the exact "pg_restore" command line?
>
> pg_restore -v --clean --create -Fd -j6 --dbname=postgres tap &> tap_restore.log

So the database was clean (newly created).

You should perform the restore as a superuser or as a user that has all
the required permissions. Restoring with a non-superuser can be tricky.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe