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* Re: VACUUM WARNING: skipping "pg_statistic" --- only table or database owner can vacuum it
@ 2010-02-09 22:39 Ray Stell <stellr@cns.vt.edu>
2010-02-12 17:02 ` Re: VACUUM WARNING: skipping "pg_statistic" --- only table or database owner can vacuum it Ray Stell <stellr@cns.vt.edu>
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From: Ray Stell @ 2010-02-09 22:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-admin
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 09:59:36AM -0500, Ray Stell wrote:
> Running 8.2.15 on RHEL4 the log reports this from autovacuum along with
> other pg_ tables:
>
> VACUUM WARNING: skipping "pg_database" --- only table or database owner can vacuum it
More logging shows the user generating the msg is not superuser. The user
is named "admin," as it is an application administrator and it chokes
on all the rels in information_schema and pg_catalog.
fms=# select * from pg_user where usename = 'admin';
usename | usesysid | usecreatedb | usesuper | usecatupd | passwd | valuntil | useconfig
---------+----------+-------------+----------+-----------+----------+----------+-----------
admin | 16385 | f | f | f | ******** | |
(1 row)
Superuser owns these rels:
fms=# select * from pg_tables where tablename = 'sql_sizing';
schemaname | tablename | tableowner | tablespace | hasindexes | hasrules | hastriggers
--------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+----------+-------------
information_schema | sql_sizing | postgres | | f | f | f
(1 row)
This vacuum.c if clause that gets to the warning msg:
if (!(pg_class_ownercheck(RelationGetRelid(onerel), GetUserId()) ||
(pg_database_ownercheck(MyDatabaseId, GetUserId()) && !onerel->rd_rel->relisshared)))
The following printf in the vacuum.c clause shows all is well, but
raises some questions:
1 pg_class_ownercheck(RelationGetRelid(onerel), GetUserId())=0
2 RelationGetRelid(onerel)=sql_sizing
3 GetUserId()=16385
4 pg_database_ownercheck(MyDatabaseId, GetUserId())=0
5 MyDatabaseId=16384
6 onerel->rd_rel->relisshared=0
Is autovacuum handing all users off to vacuum all rels? Even those
it does not own? Perhaps "admin" an unfortunate usename choice?
Thanks.
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* Re: VACUUM WARNING: skipping "pg_statistic" --- only table or database owner can vacuum it
2010-02-09 22:39 Re: VACUUM WARNING: skipping "pg_statistic" --- only table or database owner can vacuum it Ray Stell <stellr@cns.vt.edu>
@ 2010-02-12 17:02 ` Ray Stell <stellr@cns.vt.edu>
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From: Ray Stell @ 2010-02-12 17:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-admin
On Tue, Feb 09, 2010 at 05:39:52PM -0500, Ray Stell wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 09:59:36AM -0500, Ray Stell wrote:
>
> Is autovacuum handing all users off to vacuum all rels? Even those
> it does not own? Perhaps "admin" an unfortunate usename choice?
doh...the light comes on.
reading through postinit.c and others makes it clear autovacuum is not the source
of the vacuum. No doubt the app, Cisco Fabric Manager Server, is doing something
stupid. Yep:
/var/local/cisco_mds9000
# strings ./jboss/server/default/deploy/dcm.ear/dcm.jar/com/cisco/dcbu/sm/server/db/PostgresWrapper.class | grep -i vacuum
vacuum_analyze
vacuum analyze
vacuum_analyze failed:
2. Irrelephant
Anything that is unrelated to an elephant.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=irrelephant
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