"essay182@xxxxxxxxx" <essay182@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I have been trying to import a file into a table using lo_import and keep > getting the error > ERROR: could not open server file "/tmp/myfile": Permission denied > The file is in /tmp so it is world readable and I made sure the file had the > correct permissions by doing chmod 777. My user has super user privileges as > well. I tried importing other files such as /etc/hosts as a test and this > worked fine. I am running Gentoo linux with Postgres 8.0. Does anyone have > any idea what the problem is and what I need to do to correct it? Hm, are you sure that the /tmp directory has world execute permissions? The other thought that comes to mind is that SELinux creates an entire new level of reasons for permissions failures. I have no idea whether or not Gentoo has SELinux or runs it in enforcing mode by default ... regards, tom lane
