Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> ~$ touch /data/02/share/database/testing.testing
> ~$ dir /data/02/share/database
> total 8
> drwxrwxr-x  2 me postgres 4096 2006-10-16 21:53 ./
> drwxrwxr-x 16 me people   4096 2006-10-16 21:38 ../
> -rw-r--r--  1 me me          0 2006-10-16 21:53 testing.testing

> dupe_filenames=# create tablespace thisisatest       
> dupe_filenames-# owner me
> dupe_filenames-# location '/data/02/share/database';
> ERROR:  could not set permissions on directory "/data/02/share/database":
>  Operation not permitted

The specified directory has to be owned by the postgres operating system
user, not by anyone else.  (The SQL-level notion of ownership is not
relevant --- the SQL owner might not correspond to any OS user at all.)

                        regards, tom lane

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