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From nbald
Subject "root" execution not permitted. and busybox
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Msg-id 1293141830332-3317041.post@n5.nabble.com
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Responses Re: "root" execution not permitted. and busybox  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Re: "root" execution not permitted. and busybox  ("Daniel J. Summers" <daniel.summers.2415@gmail.com>)
List pgsql-admin
Hi guys,
this is driving me crazy... Do someone have an idea ?

# echo 'pgsql:pgsql:100:100:pgsql:/home/pgsql:/bin/sh' >> /etc/passwd
# su - pgsql
warning: cannot change to home directory


BusyBox v1.7.2 (2010-12-23 22:00:59 CET) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

$ /tmp/mnt/usb0/part1/usr/bin/postmaster -D '/tmp/mnt/usb0/part1/caisse/db'
"root" execution of the PostgreSQL server is not permitted.
The server must be started under an unprivileged user ID to prevent
possible system security compromise.  See the documentation for
more information on how to properly start the server.
$ su
su: applet requires root privileges!
$
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