Re: ssl file permission

From: Rob Sargent <robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: Pg Docs <pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: ssl file permission
Date: 2020-09-26 15:54:59
Message-ID: AA9B61E4-0611-45A7-A5D0-460E2E0C9887@gmail.com
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Sorry. Execute permission for owner may have been on prior to chmod og-rwx . I thought that might be a problem and 600 eliminates that

> On Sep 26, 2020, at 9:29 AM, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
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>> On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 1:23 PM PG Doc comments form <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:
>> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
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>> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/libpq-ssl.html
>> Description:
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>> The instruction to use "chmod og-rwx" could leave the file with read
>> permission set. Elsewhere the suggestion is "chmod 600".
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> Not sure what you mean here -- how could it leave it with read permission set?
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> (Obviously it could for the owner, but 0600 also includes read permissions for the owner)
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> That said, it might be a good idea to be consistent since we seem to use a mix of different styles of chmod.
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> Magnus Hagander
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