You need to output it into a directory you have permission to write to. Either change the permissions on documents, or write it into somewhere you definately do have permissions (e.g. /tmp/log.sql) and then move it to the desired location.
----- Original Message ---- From: ria ulfa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Sent: Tuesday, 1 July, 2008 9:19:41 AM Subject: [ADMIN] ask...!!! i use linux fedora 7 and database PostgreSQL 8. i want to copy table in postgre to a file. i used code : simps=# COPY log TO '/root/documents/log.sql'; note= simps: name of database but there is error: could not open file "/root/documents/log.sql" for writing: Permission denied what can i do for repair this error?? __________________________________________________________ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html