Re: [GENERAL] Cant create new users or databases

[Tom Lane]

AlphaByte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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