# Rm: cannot remove '/var/run/postgresql': Directory not empty

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/rm-cannot-remove-var-run-postgresql-directory-not-empty/257046>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [March 4, 2023, 12:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rm-cannot-remove-var-run-postgresql-directory-not-empty/257046 "2023-03-04T12:09:32Z")\
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> [@Blechpirat](#):
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> This worked till I changed daemon.json:

Then that’s your problem. This is a docker issue, not a Discourse issue.

My guess is that it has to do with permissions or the drive not being there somehow.

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