On Tuesday 22 August 2006 15:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/bacula# /usr/sbin/bacula-dir -c
> > /etc/bacula/bacula-dir.conf -u bacula -g bacula
> > 22-Aug 15:33 bacula-dir:  Fatal error: Could not open database "bacula".
> > 22-Aug 15:33 bacula-dir:  Fatal error: postgresql.c:174 Unable to connect
> > to PostgreSQL server.
>
> In this case, the unix root user is connecting as the postgres bacula
> user.  It fails.  If as root you try to connect to postgres using the
> same psql command as above, does it still work?  Also, what database
> authentication mechanism are you using?

I'm passing the "-u bacula" option to bacula-dir to run as the bacula user. 
Are you saying that it connects to postgres BEFORE doing a seteuid(2) call? 
If so, that is weird. I would think if I tell the bacula-dir command to run 
as bacula it should connect to postgres as bacula not root.

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