Re: Cant create new users or databases

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: AlphaByte <alan(at)alphabyte(dot)co(dot)nz>
Cc: pgsql list - general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Cant create new users or databases
Date: 2000-09-16 15:45:43
Message-ID: 4618.969119143@sss.pgh.pa.us
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AlphaByte <alan(at)alphabyte(dot)co(dot)nz> writes:
> NOTICE: mdopen: couldn't open /var/lib/pgsql/pg_shadow: Permission denied
> NOTICE: RelationIdBuildRelation: smgropen(pg_shadow): Permission denied

Hmm. What user is the postmaster running as? (Look in ps -aux output
if you're not 100% sure.) What are the permissions on the file
/var/lib/pgsql/pg_shadow, and what userid owns it?

regards, tom lane

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