Re: pg_basebackup permission denied error

[Gokhan Demir <demirgokhan@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Günce,

There must be no "data" directory on the target server, which the pg_basebackup command is run on, (this is a precaution set by postgreSQL to force admins to make sure no data will be overwritten) and the owner of parent directory of this "data" director must also be postgres user and postgres user must have necessary permissions on the parent directory. So, I wouldn't suggest using "/data" if it is right below the "/" (root) directory if I understand correctly.

Issue might be caused because of the above situation. Just my two cents..

Gokhan.

On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 11:07 AM, Günce Kaya <guncekaya14@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi again,

I have created rep user like;

CREATE USER rep REPLICATION LOGIN ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'xxxx';

So, user having replication permission. Maybe I miss something about this situation. Is there anything additional for that?

Regards,

Gunce

On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 8:49 AM, Shreeyansh Dba <shreeyansh2014@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 6:27 AM, Shreeyansh Dba <shreeyansh2014@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 6:16 AM, Günce Kaya <guncekaya14@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello,

I'm getting error when using pg_basebackup as bellow;

pg_basebackup: could not create directory "/data": Permission denied

I couldn't overcome with that problem. Any suggestion would be appreciated.

Regards,

Gunce Kaya

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Hi Gunce Kaya,

/data -- directory requires postgres user permission.

In addition to this, the user might not be a valid DB user having enough privileges in order to perform backup having entry in pg_hba file.

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