Re: log files and permissions

Tom Lane wrote:
> It doesn't appear to me that this helps unless you are willing to make
> the containing director(ies) group-readable/executable as well, which is
> something we've resisted doing.
> 

The log can be moved outside of data directory by setting "log_directory"
to an absolute path. Then the permissions for the log directory can be arbitrary
as the postmaster is only strict about permissions on data directory.

regards,
Martin