On 2019-09-09 13:29:38 +0200, Daniel Verite wrote: > Peter J. Holzer wrote: > > 2) Why does psql need to read postgresql.conf, and more specifically, > > why does it care about the location of the data directory? It > > shouldn't access files directly, just talk to the server via the > > socket. > > It's not psql itself, it's pg_wrapper. > > $ ls -l /usr/bin/psql > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 37 Aug 8 12:48 /usr/bin/psql -> > ../share/postgresql-common/pg_wrapper > > See http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/bionic/man1/pg_wrapper.1.html
Ah, thanks. On 2019-09-09 10:03:57 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-pg...@hjp.at> writes: > > Yesterday I "apt upgrade"d patroni (to version 1.6.0-1.pgdg18.04+1 from > > http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt bionic-pgdg/main). > > Today I noticed that I couldn't invoke psql as an unprivileged user > > anymore: > > % psql > > Error: Invalid data directory for cluster 11 main > > FYI, there's no such error string in the core Postgres sources. > I imagine that it's coming from some wrapper script. Yep. Daniel shoved me into the right direction. The message is from PgCommon.pm, used by pg_wrapper. It's a good thing both packages are maintained by the same team. Saves the discussion who's going to fix it :-). hp -- _ | Peter J. Holzer | we build much bigger, better disasters now |_|_) | | because we have much more sophisticated | | | h...@hjp.at | management tools. __/ | http://www.hjp.at/ | -- Ross Anderson <https://www.edge.org/>
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