Workaround for annoying pg_ctl's "could not identify current directory: Permission denied"

[hiroshi3110@…]

First just look at lines below:

$ sudo -u postgres ls
ls: .: Permission denied
$ sudo /opt/local/etc/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.postgresql83-server/postgresql83-server.wrapper start
shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Permission denied
could not identify current directory: Permission denied
could not identify current directory: Permission denied
could not identify current directory: Permission denied
The program "postgres" is needed by pg_ctl but was not found in the
same directory as "pg_ctl".
Check your installation.

$ cd /tmp
$ sudo -u postgres /opt/local/lib/postgresql83/bin/pg_ctl -D /opt/local/var/db/postgresql83/defaultdb start
server starting

This issue can be resolved by modifying /opt/local/etc/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.postgresql83-server/postgresql83-server.wrapper By changing current directory to /tmp before executing pg_ctl.

I also submitted the issue on original PostgreSQL: ​http://www.postgresql.org/support/submitbug The report is referenced as #4619, for now delayed to be investigated by owner.

I hope PostgreSQL team address this, but until that my suggestion will help some of us I suppose.

[hiroshi3110@…]

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[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Upstream wontfix'd this, and the wrapper script isn't meant to be run directly anyway.