Re: pg_basebackup ignores the existing data directory permissions

On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 10:33 AM Peter Eisentraut <
peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:

> On 2019-03-09 02:19, Haribabu Kommi wrote:
> > Yes, I agree that it may be a problem if the existing data directory
> > permissions
> > are 0700 to changing it to 0750. But it may not be a problem for the
> > scenarios,
> > where the existing data permissions >=0750, to the upstream permissions.
> > Because user must need to change anyway to start the server, otherwise
> > server
> > start fails, and also the files inside the data folder follows the
> > permissions of the
> > upstream data directory.
> >
> > usually production systems follows same permissions are of upstream, I
> don't
> > see a problem in following the same for development environment also?
>
> I think the potential problems of getting this wrong are bigger than the
> issue we are trying to fix.
>

Thanks for your opinion. I am not sure exactly what are the problems.
But anyway I can go with your suggestion.

How about changing the data directory permissions for the -R scenario?
if executing pg_basebackup on to an existing data directory is a common
scenario? or leave it?

Regards,
Haribabu Kommi
Fujitsu Australia