"/var/lib/postgresql/data/global" Under boot2docker on Yosemite about postgres

[fredjean]

More than likely caused by boot2docker/boot2docker#581

[vmaatta]

Yes, this is caused by the fact that the VirtualBox shared folder is not writable by the 999:999 container user. You'd get over that by using a custom vmboxsf and UID:GID of 999:50. But then you'd hit another problem, initdb will try to create hard links and those will not work with VirtualBox shared folders. I'm not sure whether you could bind mount the data if it's already mostly created. For now I'll just let the data be inside the container and think about moving it out later if I need to.

[fredjean]

I'll close the issue then since there isn't much that can be done at this layer.

Thank you for confirming the root cause!