On Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 17:36 Amn Ojee Uw <amnoje...@gmail.com> wrote: > After this command 'sudo -u postgres psql' > I get this message : > *could not change directory to "/home/my_account": Permission denied* > *psql (12.15 (Debian 12.15-1.pgdg120+1))* > *Type "help" for help.* > > I tried using help, but to no avail. > What am I doing wrong? > It looks like you're hitting a non-fatal error at some point during psql startup when you're running as the "postgres" user. It seems to be a permissions issue. Do you still get the error if you run
sudo -u postgres psql --no-psqlrc ? You may also want to create a Postgres user (possibly a superuser) matching your operating system user if you have not already done so to avoid having to deal with sudo for connecting. Thanks Maciek
