Re: Nu-B here

Maciek Sakrejda <m.sakrejda@gmail.com>

From: Maciek Sakrejda <m.sakrejda@gmail.com>
To: Amn Ojee Uw <amnojeeuw@gmail.com>
Cc: "pgsql-generallists.postgresql.org" <pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2023-07-20T00:55:49Z
Lists: pgsql-general
On Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 17:36 Amn Ojee Uw <amnojeeuw@gmail.com> wrote:

> After this command 'sudo -u postgres psql'
> I get this message :
> *could not change directory to "/home/my_account": Permission denied*
> *psql (12.15 (Debian 12.15-1.pgdg120+1))*
> *Type "help" for help.*
>
> I tried using help, but to no avail.
> What am I doing wrong?
>
It looks like you're hitting a non-fatal error at some point during psql
startup when you're running as the "postgres" user. It seems to be a
permissions issue. Do you still get the error if you run

sudo -u postgres psql --no-psqlrc

?

You may also want to create a Postgres user (possibly a superuser) matching
your operating system user if you have not already done so to avoid having
to deal with sudo for connecting.

Thanks
Maciek