AlphaByte <alan@alphabyte.co.nz> writes:
> NOTICE: mdopen: couldn't open /var/lib/pgsql/pg_shadow: Permission denied
> NOTICE: RelationIdBuildRelation: smgropen(pg_shadow): Permission denied
Hmm. What user is the postmaster running as? (Look in ps -aux output
if you're not 100% sure.) What are the permissions on the file
/var/lib/pgsql/pg_shadow, and what userid owns it?
regards, tom lane