Re: BUG #3809: SSL "unsafe" private key permissions bug - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: BUG #3809: SSL "unsafe" private key permissions bug
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Msg-id 11024.1197127890@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to BUG #3809: SSL "unsafe" private key permissions bug  ("Simon Arlott" <postgresql.simon@arlott.org>)
Responses Re: BUG #3809: SSL "unsafe" private key permissions bug  (Simon Arlott <simon@arlott.org>)
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"Simon Arlott" <postgresql.simon@arlott.org> writes:
> FATAL:  unsafe permissions on private key file "server.key"
> DETAIL:  File must be owned by the database user and must have no
> permissions for "group" or "other".

> It should be possible to disable this check in the configuration, so those
> of us capable of deciding what's unsafe can do so.

You haven't given any reason to think that you are smarter than this
check.

            regards, tom lane

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