Re: Postgres won't start after setting ssl=on

Postgres cannot run as root.

On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 9:40 AM, Rob Sargent <robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Does postgres run as root or as the postgres user. I suspect you want
> postgres to own that file.
>
> Mike Christensen wrote:
>>
>> Hi, I'm trying to require SSL for Postgres connections from certain
>> IPs..  This is on Postgres 9.0.
>>
>> First, I've followed the directions at:
>>
>> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/ssl-tcp.html
>>
>> I've created the files server.crt and server.key.  I've also removed
>> the passphrase from the key so Postgres can start automatically.
>> Finally, I ran:
>>
>> chmod 0600 server.key
>>
>> The permissions on server.key are now:
>>
>> -rw------- 1 root root 887 Oct 10 03:42 server.key
>>
>> However, when I set ssl = on in postgresql.conf and start the server,
>> I get the logged error:
>>
>> 2010-10-10 03:47:07 UTC FATAL:  could not load private key file
>> "server.key": Permission denied
>>
>> I'm logged on as root.  Any ideas?  Thanks!
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>
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