> > This is because lost+found exists. Since lost+found would be a > > reasonably common directory to find at a mount-point on Unix-like > > OSs*, would it make sense for CREATE TABLESPACE to ignore it if present?
> No. There is no reason to use a volume's root directory as a tablespace; > especially so since the root directory ought to be owned by root That is not so on AIX. Only the moint point (the dir in the parent) is root. Once mounted it can have (and preserves) any permission you want. But on AIX the workaround is to remove the directory after mounting and before creating the tablespace. Andreas ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org