Dennis Hoffman <dennis.hoffman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If I do nothing other than remove the file permissions ( change > back to 700 from 750 ), the Postmaster starts just as it should. > Why does the Postmaster not start with the group permissions > changed? That's intentional, as a security measure. > Is this a bug? It is considered a feature. > What can I do? I'd be tempted to write a script which was owned by root which calculated the size as desired, and grant sudo rights to merlin to execute that particular script as the user with rights. -Kevin -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin