Re: heads up -- subtle change of behavior of new initdb

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:

> Greg Stark writes:
>
> > Wouldn't at least 0750 be safe? That way putting a user in the postgres group
> > would grant him access to be able to browse around and read the files in
> > pg_data.
>
> That assumes that there is a restricted postgres group, which is not
> guaranteed.

Well the current setup assumes the admin hasn't leaked the root password too.

I'm not suggesting making that the default setup, just loosening the paranoia
check so that if an admin sets the directory to be group readable the database
doesn't refuse to start up.

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greg