Erik Jones <erik@myemma.com> 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