Well, I've rebuilt postgres again, using a fresh cvs snapshot, and grant
is still broken.
Infact, it gets worse. Once you try to use the grant statement, then any
other connection that was active at that time - even on different
databases, will die with the same message, hinting it may be something in
shared memory that's breaking.
Heres the output of psql, first as user postgres:
[postgres@maidast pgsql]$ psql -h localhost db1
Welcome to the POSTGRESQL interactive sql monitor:
Please read the file COPYRIGHT for copyright terms of POSTGRESQL
type \? for help on slash commands
type \q to quit
type \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
You are currently connected to the database: db1
db1=> create table a (id int4,url text);
CREATE
db1=> insert into a values (1,'http://www.demon.co.uk/finder');
INSERT 18250 1
db1=> grant all on a to public;
PQexec() -- Request was sent to backend, but backend closed the channel
before responding.
This probably means the backend terminated abnormally before or
while processing the request.
And as user pmount:
[pmount@maidast pmount]$ psql -h localhost
Welcome to the POSTGRESQL interactive sql monitor:
Please read the file COPYRIGHT for copyright terms of POSTGRESQL
type \? for help on slash commands
type \q to quit
type \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
You are currently connected to the database: pmount
pmount=> create table a (id int4,url text);
CREATE
pmount=> insert into a values (1,'http://www.demon.co.uk/finder');
INSERT 18314 1
pmount=> select * from a;
id|url
--+-----------------------------
1|http://www.demon.co.uk/finder
(1 row)
pmount=> select * from a;
PQexec() -- Request was sent to backend, but backend closed the channel
before responding.
This probably means the backend terminated abnormally before or
while processing the request.
NB: the select done as pmount was after the postgres user tried to grant
rights, while the other statements were before.
--
Peter T Mount petermount@earthling.net or pmount@maidast.demon.co.uk
Main Homepage: http://www.demon.co.uk/finder
Work Homepage: http://www.maidstone.gov.uk Work EMail: peter@maidstone.gov.uk