From: | Reid Thompson <reid(dot)thompson(at)ateb(dot)com> |
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To: | John Gage <jsmgage(at)numericable(dot)fr> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL fails to start |
Date: | 2010-02-21 02:47:33 |
Message-ID: | 4B809EC5.2000809@ateb.com |
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On 2/20/2010 4:42 PM, John Gage wrote:
> I have had the same/similar problem on a Mac. Postgres creates a user
> "postgres" and the only way that user can see files is for them to exist
> outside of any other particular user's home directory. I placed the
> files in the root directory!? I would like, I think, to give "postgres"
> privileges in my home directory (emphasis, I think). As a sign of
> despicable laziness, could I ask where the granting of user privileges
> is documented in the 8.4 docs?
>
> John
>
directory/file permissions is an OS behavior, not a postgresql behavior. Since OSX is unixen, you could make
sure that you and postgres are are members of a common group. Then, you can grant whatever group privileges
you want to the files/directories that you want common access to.
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