From: | John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com> |
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To: | Geoffrey <lists(at)serioustechnology(dot)com> |
Cc: | PostgreSQL List <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: weird initdb output |
Date: | 2010-06-28 18:51:15 |
Message-ID: | 4C28EF23.20903@hogranch.com |
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On 06/28/10 11:41 AM, Geoffrey wrote:
> I wrote a script that creates a new database from an existing backup.
> Works great on my machine. Another user tries to use it and sees the
> following output from initdb:
>
> could not change directory to "/root"
> The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user
> "postgres".
> This user must also own the server process.
> .
> .
>
> Why is it trying to change directory to /root??? Running as the
> postgres user.
>
> Any assistance would be appreciated.
maybe he did an "su postgres" and not a "su - postgres" ? the latter
does the equiv of a login, while the first only changes hte effective user.
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