At 2:05a -0400 on 12 Jun 2007, Johannes Konert wrote: > that was a good hint. Suids are not working on bash-scripts, but with a > restricted entry in /etc/sudoers now the backup-user can execute a > copy-and-access-script to get the files from within PGDATA-dir. If you're curious as to /why/ setuids don't work on scripts, this FAQ may be of interest: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/faq/part4/section-7.html Kevin