Re: Django + Postgressql

Robert Dean <robbington@hotmail.co.uk> writes:
> postgres@myvps:/root$ psql -d template1 -c "ALTER USER postgres WITH PASSWORD 'mypassword';"
> could not change directory to "/root"

Dunno anything about django, but what this looks like is you logged in
as root and then did "su postgres" rather than "su - postgres".  So now
you're still in root's $HOME, but you can't read the current directory
for lack of permissions.  A lot of stuff will act a bit squirrelly in
that context, not only psql.  Use "su - postgres".  Better yet, create
another superuser named after your regular user account, so that you can
do Postgres stuff without going through root in the first place.

> createdb: database creation failed: ERROR:  source database "template1" is being accessed by other users
> DETAIL:  There are 1 other session(s) using the database.

"select * from pg_stat_activity" might tell you something about that.

            regards, tom lane