On Wed, 25 Feb 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Now there is a bigger problem. pg_pwd is mode rw-rw-rw- because a COPY
> is used to create it. Any ideas how to fix this? Copy sets the
> permissions to this before it creates the file. It temporarily changes
> the umask to create the file. If pg_pwd ever has data in it and it is
> world-readable, it is unsecure.
>
> Anyone have a brilliant idea on a fix?
Why, again, is COPY creating files 666? 600, IMHO, sounds more
appropriate, but I imagine there has to be a reason why it is 666...
Marc G. Fournier
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org