| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Erik Jones <erik(at)myemma(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Joseph Shraibman <jks(at)selectacast(dot)net>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Timezones in 8.2.7 |
| Date: | 2008-03-27 14:43:31 |
| Message-ID: | 9121.1206629011@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Erik Jones <erik(at)myemma(dot)com> writes:
> On Mar 26, 2008, at 12:26 PM, Joseph Shraibman wrote:
>> This is a IMHO a bug in the install script. All of the postgres
>> install should be world readable, regardless of the umask (or at
>> least provide a warning).
> What? Are you actually saying that a PG data directory should be
> world readable? That will never happen as that throws out even the
> most basic security facilities.
No, he's complaining that the share/timezone file tree wasn't
world-readable. I think that's plain old pilot error though.
The install script shouldn't be second-guessing the umask it's
given, any more than it second-guesses the file ownerships.
regards, tom lane
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