Hello,
I am in front of a strange situation. I have done a postgresql db backup. Than I try to move it on another place. See below what where the commands and terminal replies:

postgres@aelserver:~> pg_dump ael5 > ael5.backup
mv: cannot open `ael5.backup' for reading: Permission denied
postgres@aelserver:~> su - mv ael5.backup /AELServer/Backup/principal/ael5.backup
mv: cannot open `ael5.backup' for reading: Permission denied
postgres@aelserver:~> sudo mv ael5.backup /AELServer/Backup/principal/ael5.backup
mv: cannot open `ael5.backup' for reading: Permission denied
postgres@aelserver:~> ls -al
total 12750092
drwxr-x--- 5 postgres postgres 304 Apr 6 01:56 .
drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 552 Apr 5 04:16 ..
-rw------- 1 postgres postgres 240 Apr 5 03:40 .bash_history
-rw-r----- 1 postgres postgres 192 Jul 1 2004 .bash_profile
drwxr-xr-x 2 postgres postgres 120 Apr 6 01:36 .mc
-rw------- 1 postgres postgres 116 Feb 25 16:00 .psql_history
-rw-r--r-- 1 postgres postgres 13043336477 Apr 6 02:42 ael5.backup
drwx------ 2 postgres postgres 48 Jul 1 2004 backups
drwx------ 2 postgres postgres 48 Jul 1 2004 data
-rw-r--r-- 1 postgres postgres 1198 Sep 18 2006 initlog
-rw-r--r-- 1 postgres postgres 0 Apr 6 01:55 sorin.log
postgres@aelserver:~>

So, as you see, not even root has read access to ael5.backup file.
For info: Suse Linux Enterprise 9 with Postgresql server 7.4.2

Thanks in advance for suggestions !

Post the unedited console output, and try not to copy the color codes this time.

what are the permissons on this file?
ps, use code blocks tags code /code in [ ] HTML is basic knowleadge for them that know it.

rw-r--r--
You can see it in my first post.

I used script command to capture console in/out in a file. I do not know how to "Post the unedited console output......."

are you not using a terminal that you can drag over it with your mouse then right click copy, then paste it into code blocks?

keyboard usage: Shift+Ctrl + c (copy) Shift + Ctrl + V (paste)
bonus command:
Middle button mouse: highlight text then click the middle button: It pastes the contents at the prompt area.

You appear to have edited for posting here the output of the commands you ran, because these do not make any sense whatsoever:

Copy and paste what you did and what happened when you did, and don't change anything.

Thanks for info! I login to forum from a Windows PC. The file I posted was from the Linux PC saved with script an yes, I've edited a bit to look friendly -

you took out the wrong stuff and you're welcome