> Well, the data directory itself is protected from anyone other than the postgres
> account, so it may not matter as much if an individual file is not right. My (former)
> Ingres installation had the directory protected, and then permissions of 777 on all the
> directories and files within it as I recall...
>
> We should fix it up to match the protections on other files though...
Not true. As long as someone has read or execute permission on a
directory, they can read/write any file in that directory they have
permission for. What they can't do is add or delete file based on the
directory permission.
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