Solving WSL Database Permission Errors with Configuration Profiles
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Problem: PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Redis fail to start in WSL with cryptic permission errors
Solution: thresh WSL configuration profiles (specifically the database profile)
If you've ever tried running a database in WSL and encountered errors like:
FATAL: data directory "/var/lib/postgresql/data" has wrong ownership
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/lib/mysql': Operation not permitted
Error: setuid failed for redis user
You've hit the Plan9 filesystem permission problem. Let's fix it permanently.