Title: Problem starting pgsql server on Mac OS X. Pg_hba.conf reading permission.
Hello.
I’m having a problem starting server on mac os x.
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bash-3.2$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl start -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
server starting
bash-3.2$ LOG: could not open configuration file "/usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf": Permission denied
FATAL: could not load pg_hba.conf
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The problem appears after changing permissions for /data folder in finder. I did this:
I’m installing postgresql 8.4 from MacOS binary and it installs and starts ok. Then I try to edit pg_hba.conf in pgAdmin3 to add a line
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host all all 10.0.0.6 md5
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After I click save icon to save a file it doesn’t save – probably it doesn’t have enough permission for that. So I go to my /usr/local/pgsql/data/ folder in Finder – unlock it’s permissions and set read/write to everyone group. Then I edit the pg_hba file with TextEdit.app and it looks like this
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# "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
local all all trust
# IPv4 local connections:
host all all 127.0.0.1/32 trust
host all all 10.0.0.6 md5
# IPv6 local connections:
host all all ::1/128 trust
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Then server doesn’t start – start server.app exits with non-zero value. Command line returns
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BigMac:~ postgres$ FATAL: data directory "/usr/local/pgsql/data" has group or world access
DETAIL: Permissions should be u=rwx (0700).
chmod 700 /usr/local/pgsql/data/
BigMac:~ postgres$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl start -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
server starting
BigMac:~ postgres$ LOG: could not open configuration file "/usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf": Permission denied
FATAL: could not load pg_hba.conf
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I’ve tried installing postgre from source thru fink, and the problem stays the same. I’m really stuck here, and I really need postgre to be accessed from 10.0.0.6 machine.
What am I doing wrong? As I understand it’s a folder access permission problem, but I don’t know how to fix it. Can anyone PLEASE help me?
