Igmar Palsenberg wrote:
>
> > I could not su as root to my user account when I issue "su user". the
> > error message is as the subject. As a result, I could not start my
> > postgresql service. It gave me the same error.
>
> You're in a directory that the user you're trying to su to doesn't have
> access to.
>
> Igmar
>
so you wanna do "su - user" instead
what is happening is that su is trying to just change your user info.
Your entire environment stays exactly the same because su just spawns a
shell with the different id info. hence, as Igmar says, you want to su
to a user as root, if you are in a directory that has no permissions for
that user, you will get that error.
Probably a better way would be "su - user" because that makes the shell
a login shell, ie: it will change you to the users home direcory, run
you login scripts and all the other stuff that happens in a normal
login.
Chris.
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