<p>When I try to copy a small file to a Kubernetes pod, it fails with the following error:</p>

<pre><code>:~ $kubectl cp /tmp/a default/resolver-proxy-69dc786fcf-5rplg:/usr/local/bin/ --no-preserve=true
    tar: a: Cannot open: Permission denied
    tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
    command terminated with exit code 2
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<p>Could someone please help me how to fix this? I am running Kubernetes on minikube.</p>

<p>I also see another Postgres Pod in a Error state because of similar error:</p>

<pre><code>:~ $kubectl logs postgres-7676967946-7lp9g postgres
tar: /var/lib/postgresql/data: Cannot open: Permission denied
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
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UnderWood
<p>For kubectl cp try copying first to <code>/tmp</code> folder and then mv the file to the path required by shifting to <code>root</code> user</p>

<p><code>kubectl cp /tmp/a default/resolver-proxy-69dc786fcf-5rplg:/tmp/</code></p>

<p>then exec into the pod and change to root and copy to the path required.</p>

<p>For the second issue exec into the pod and fix the permissions by running the below command. Postgres need to be able to read and write to the Postgres path.</p>

<p><code>chown -R postgres:postgres /var/lib/postgresql/</code></p>
