Problem invoking user

mago · 03-23-2005, 11:45 AM

Hello there,

I just made a script to start Postgre SQL automaticly, but the firts action is being denied.

When I invoke postgre user with

Code:

su - postgre

I get the following error

Code:

/dev/pts/1: Operation not permited

and the script stops.

I'm running PostgreSQL on Slackware 10.1 with kernel 2..4.29, any help will be more than apreciated.

Thanks a bunch in advanded.

Tinkster · 03-23-2005, 03:19 PM

Looks like the biff-thing-a-ma-bob ...

Two ways of getting around it:
a) use
su postgre
(without the hyphen) ... if that's not an option
because you're setting special env variables
or other reasons

b) edit /etc/profile

Code:

# Notify user of incoming mail.  This can be overridden in the user's
# local startup file (~/.bash.login or whatever, depending on the shell)
if [ -x /usr/bin/biff ]; then
 biff y
fi

and comment that if-statement out.

Not quite sure why processing should actually
stop, though, that error should be non-fatal.

Cheers,
Tink

mago · 03-24-2005, 09:35 AM

Thanks a lot, actually I read about the biff last night and after comenting out that if on the profile it works just fine.

But I'm still trouble about the biff messing things that way, I quite don't undestand why is such a problem.

mago · 03-24-2005, 11:02 AM

Ok, here I come again....

After disableing the biff, like Tinkster suggested

, I just ran into another problem....

I set up the .bashrc on the user so I can invoke the enviroment variables that I need such as the PGDATA and the bin folder for postgres in this case but.....

Even when I logon normaly the .bashrc is being ignored.

For the time being I just edited the /etc/profile so the script still works but that is beyond the point, I haven't had those problems before..., well to be honest this is the first time I use my beloved Slackware for a production server so that might be the reason.

What am I missing?

Please fill me in, at this point I'm clueless...

Thanks a lot.

Cheers!!!!!

Tinkster · 03-29-2005, 04:25 PM

Your problem is the choice of file ... since you're running
as bash as a login-shell you need to a) put the pg-stuff
into .bash_login or b) source .bashrc from .bash_login
or c) (my personal preference) create a /etc/profile.d/pg.sh
with the relevant export statements in it and make it executable.

Cheers,
Tink