On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Alexander Hall <alexan...@beard.se> wrote:
> Tony Berth wrote: > >> On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 7:23 PM, Alexander Hall <alexan...@beard.se> >> wrote: >> >> Tony Berth wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Jason Dixon <ja...@dixongroup.net> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 05:46:28PM +0100, Tony Berth wrote: >>>> >>>>> case#1: >>>>>> >>>>>> my "/home/<DB-user>/db" dir is owned by _postgresql:_postgresql >>>>>> >>>>>> Wow, you've managed to completely ignore all advice both Dan Colish >>>>> and >>>>> myself have given you. Since you continue to refuse to do any of these >>>>> things, or give me what I keep asking for (directory permission >>>>> listings), I'm going to have to cut you off. >>>>> >>>>> Good Luck. >>>>> >>>>> =============================================================== >>>>> P.S. The correct response should be been something like: >>>>> >>>>> $ ls -ld /home/foo/db >>>>> <result> >>>>> $ ls -ld /home/foo >>>>> <result> >>>>> =============================================================== >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Jason Dixon >>>>> DixonGroup Consulting >>>>> http://www.dixongroup.net/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> found the cause of the problem >>>> >>>> Thanks for your help >>>> >>>> Please share your findings and the solution for the list archives. >>> >>> /Alexander >>> >>> >> it was just a stupid typo in the permissions. That's why I didn't refer to >> a >> 'solution'! >> > > Ok, now you got me even more curious. Stupid typos could happen to anyone, > so don't feel bad about it. Anyway, I, and likely a few with me, who has > bothered to read this thread, would _still_ appreciate to know what the > problem was. I do not understand what "a stupid typo in the permissions" > refers to. I could guess, but I'd rather not. > > Pretty please with sugar on top? :) > > /Alexander > very simple! Instead of '_postgresql' it was '_potgresql'! It was one 's' missing! I had a rather small font defined for my terminals connected to the server and was not easy to spot it! Thanks