Pg 8.4.3 does not start up with "Permissions should be u=rwx (0700)
I upgraded from 8.4.2 to 8.4.3, and I couldn't start postgres. This was
printed on STDERR
FATAL: data directory "path-to-my-data-dir" has group or world access
DETAIL: Permissions should be u=rwx (0700).
This change was not documented in the release notes, and I don't think
permission != 700 should be a fatal error. I purposely set o+x to let
any user be able to read the log files.
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 21:08, Joseph S <jks@selectacast.net> wrote:
I upgraded from 8.4.2 to 8.4.3, and I couldn't start postgres. This was
printed on STDERRFATAL: data directory "path-to-my-data-dir" has group or world access
DETAIL: Permissions should be u=rwx (0700).This change was not documented in the release notes, and I don't think
permission != 700 should be a fatal error. I purposely set o+x to let any
user be able to read the log files.
There has been no change there. From what I can tell, that part of the
code hasn't been touched since 2004. That shouldn've have worked in
8.4.2 either - but it's only checked on server startup, so if you
changed the mode after startup you wouldn't have noticed.
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Magnus Hagander
Me: http://www.hagander.net/
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On 15/03/10 20:08, Joseph S wrote:
This change was not documented in the release notes, and I don't think
permission != 700 should be a fatal error. I purposely set o+x to let
any user be able to read the log files.
What Magnus said but also - put your log files somewhere else. That way
you can have a more permissive system for them.
--
Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd
Magnus Hagander wrote:
There has been no change there. From what I can tell, that part of the
code hasn't been touched since 2004. That shouldn've have worked in
8.4.2 either - but it's only checked on server startup, so if you
changed the mode after startup you wouldn't have noticed.
Hmm. I don't remember changing the permissions but I suppose it could
have been after the last time I restarted the postmaster (months ago).
Thank you.
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Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 21:08, Joseph S <jks@selectacast.net> wrote:
I upgraded from 8.4.2 to 8.4.3, and I couldn't start postgres. This was
printed on STDERRFATAL: �data directory "path-to-my-data-dir" has group or world access
DETAIL: �Permissions should be u=rwx (0700).This change was not documented in the release notes, and I don't think
permission != 700 should be a fatal error. �I purposely set o+x to let any
user be able to read the log files.
There has been no change there. From what I can tell, that part of the
code hasn't been touched since 2004.
The restriction was introduced in 7.2 ...
regards, tom lane