On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Geoffrey Myers <geof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I wrote a script that creates a new database from an existing backup. Works > great on my machine. Another user tries to use it and sees the following > output from initdb: > > could not change directory to "/root" > The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user > "postgres". > This user must also own the server process. > > Why is it trying to change directory to /root??? Running as the postgres > user. Maybe if we could see the script? -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general