On 9/1/22 3:01 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> 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
What if you add -i?:
sudo -H -u postgres -i ...
>
> /home/jwalton is my home directory. The postgres user does not have
> access to my stuff. The postgres user's home directory is
> /var/lib/pgsql .
>
> Reading through the `psql --help` options and searching on the web is
> not turning up any hits.
>
> We are also observing the errors when using pg_isready .
>
> How to make PostreSQL utilities honor home directories?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Jeff
>
>
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