Re: PostgreSQL fails to start

On 2/20/2010 4:42 PM, John Gage wrote:
> I have had the same/similar problem on a Mac.  Postgres creates a user
> "postgres" and the only way that user can see files is for them to exist
> outside of any other particular user's home directory. I placed the
> files in the root directory!? I would like, I think, to give "postgres"
> privileges in my home directory (emphasis, I think). As a sign of
> despicable laziness, could I ask where the granting of user privileges
> is documented in the 8.4 docs?
>
> John
>

directory/file permissions is an OS behavior, not a postgresql behavior.  Since OSX is unixen, you could make
sure that you and postgres are are members of a common group.  Then, you can grant whatever group privileges
you want to the files/directories that you want common access to.