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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: PGDATA not accessible; please fix the directory permissions ($PGDATA should be world readable)
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Msg-id 19181.1312904950@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to PGDATA not accessible; please fix the directory permissions ($PGDATA should be world readable)  (jtkells@verizon.net)
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jtkells@verizon.net writes:
> postgresql 8.4.8 64 bit /Ubuntu 10.4 64 bit

> When I try to connect to postgresql from a local user on the same
> machine that postgresql is running on I receive the following:
> psql
> Error: /pgdata/data is not accessible; please fix the directory
> permissions (/pgdata/ should be world readable)

There is no such error message in the standard distribution of Postgres.

I surmise that you are up against some hack written by the Ubuntu
packager of Postgres, and so you'd be best off filing a bug in the
Ubuntu bug tracker to get support for that.

            regards, tom lane

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