Re: How to make PostreSQL utilities honor home directories?

Jeffrey Walton <noloader(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> We are having a heck of a time getting PostreSQL utilities to honor
> home directories. For example, when I execute this script:

> sudo -H -u postgres PGPASSWORD=${password} \
> psql -h "${hostname}" -U "${username}" -d "${database}" \
> --command="..."

> It produces failures:

> could not change directory to "/home/jwalton/godojo": Permission denied

You've left out quite a lot of information here ... like what
connection that directory has to do with anything. Is it your
current directory when you invoke this command?

If so, a plausible explanation is that psql is trying to chase a
symlink to somewhere, which involves some chdir's so it can resolve
the symlink correctly, and afterwards it has to change back to
where it started --- which would fail if it can't look up that
directory.

Why it's trying to resolve a symlink isn't apparent though.
Is the "psql" you're invoking a symlink to somewhere?

regards, tom lane