Postgres ERROR: could not open file for reading: Permission denied

Question

Computer: Mac OS X, version 10.8 Database: Postgres

Trying to import csv file into postgres.

pg> copy items_ordered from \'/users/darchcruise/desk         


        

Answer 1

You must grant the pg_read_server_files permission to the user if you are not using postgres superuser.

Example:

GRANT pg_read_server_files TO my_user WITH ADMIN OPTION;