Magnus Hagander <magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 21:08, Joseph S <jks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I upgraded from 8.4.2 to 8.4.3, and I couldn't start postgres. This was >> printed on STDERR >> >> FATAL: data directory "path-to-my-data-dir" has group or world access >> DETAIL: Permissions should be u=rwx (0700). >> >> This change was not documented in the release notes, and I don't think >> permission != 700 should be a fatal error. I purposely set o+x to let any >> user be able to read the log files. > There has been no change there. From what I can tell, that part of the > code hasn't been touched since 2004. The restriction was introduced in 7.2 ... regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
