Thread: Pg 8.4.3 does not start up with "Permissions should be u=rwx (0700)
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.
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 21:08, Joseph S <jks@selectacast.net> 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. That shouldn've have worked in 8.4.2 either - but it's only checked on server startup, so if you changed the mode after startup you wouldn't have noticed. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/
On 15/03/10 20:08, Joseph S wrote: > > 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. What Magnus said but also - put your log files somewhere else. That way you can have a more permissive system for them. -- Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd
Magnus Hagander wrote: > There has been no change there. From what I can tell, that part of the > code hasn't been touched since 2004. That shouldn've have worked in > 8.4.2 either - but it's only checked on server startup, so if you > changed the mode after startup you wouldn't have noticed. > Hmm. I don't remember changing the permissions but I suppose it could have been after the last time I restarted the postmaster (months ago). Thank you. >
Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 21:08, Joseph S <jks@selectacast.net> 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