Re: How to make PostreSQL utilities honor home directories?

On 9/1/22 3:01 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> We are having a heck of a time getting PostreSQL utilities to honor
> home directories. For example, when I execute this script:
> 
>      sudo -H -u postgres PGPASSWORD=${password} \
>          psql -h "${hostname}" -U "${username}" -d "${database}" \
>          --command="..."

Why are you doing this in the first place?

Just do:

psql -h "${hostname}" -U "${username}" -d "${database}" \
         --command="..."

and use .pgpass:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/libpq-pgpass.html

or set PGPASSWORD in your home env.

> 
> It produces failures:
> 
>      could not change directory to "/home/jwalton/godojo": Permission denied
> 
> /home/jwalton is my home directory. The postgres user does not have
> access to my stuff. The postgres user's home directory is
> /var/lib/pgsql .
> 
> Reading through the `psql --help` options and searching on the web is
> not turning up any hits.
> 
> We are also observing the errors when using pg_isready .
> 
> How to make PostreSQL utilities honor home directories?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> 


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