maybe the directory '.../somebody' does not have read permission (700?)
krishna
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Ruth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 9:54 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Permission denied while importing data from a
file?
I've gotten that message before when users couldn't read the directory the
file is in.
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Adam Ruth
InterCation, Inc.
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"Felix Slager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> LS,
>
> i'm trying to copy data into a table using a copy command using:
>
> COPY tabelName FROM '/somewhere/somebody/datafile.txt';
>
> I've given everybody the right to use the datafile.txt (execute, read,
> write) with an incredible chmod 7777. Still i get the message:
>
> ERROR: COPY command, running in backend with effective uid nr 666,
> could not open file '/somewhere/somebody/datafile.txt' for reading.
> Errno = Permission denied (13).
>
> Why? I mean how does this happen?
> Please help...
>
> Felix
