- 05 Sep, 2025
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Permission Denied in PostgreSQL (Error 42501)
Error:PostgreSQL Error 42501 – Permission Denied
solution 1:
This happens when the user doesn’t have the required privileges to perform an operation (like CREATE TABLE, SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, or accessing a schema/table).
Grant the necessary privileges:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE dbname TO username; GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE ON TABLE tablename TO username;
Make sure the user has CONNECT privileges on the database and USAGE privileges on the schema.
solution 2: Disabling SELinux
In some cases, the user has enough privilege over the database and still the database query show 42501 error. Here, the SELinux can be the reason causing the error.
selinuxenabled && echo enabled || echo disabled
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