Erik Jones <erik@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Mar 26, 2008, at 12:26 PM, Joseph Shraibman wrote: >> This is a IMHO a bug in the install script. All of the postgres >> install should be world readable, regardless of the umask (or at >> least provide a warning). > What? Are you actually saying that a PG data directory should be > world readable? That will never happen as that throws out even the > most basic security facilities. No, he's complaining that the share/timezone file tree wasn't world-readable. I think that's plain old pilot error though. The install script shouldn't be second-guessing the umask it's given, any more than it second-guesses the file ownerships. 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
