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From: Michael Orlitzky <michael@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Postgres suddenly can't access files in its /etc directory
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:58:38
Message-Id: 4F957BBF.5080909@orlitzky.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Postgres suddenly can't access files in its /etc directory by napalm@squareownz.org
1 On 04/23/12 11:44, napalm@××××××××××.org wrote:
2 >>
3 >> You can `su postgres` and then try to read the files yourself. That
4 >> should reveal the problem.
5 >>
6 >
7 > Interestingly I can't `su postgres` even though I have set it a shell,
8 > thanks for the tip though, I'm getting closer!
9
10 You can also try `su - postgres` which will attempt to switch to
11 postgres's home directory. Is that readable/executable?

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