Re: SSL Mode - Mailing list pgsql-admin

That did it.  Thanks.

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Robert Abernethy IV
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> I think the file has to have _restricted_ permissions to be accepted.
>
> The check is:
>
>         if (!S_ISREG(buf.st_mode) || (buf.st_mode & 0077) ||
>             buf.st_uid != getuid())
>         {
>             postmaster_error("bad permissions on private key file
> (%s)", fnbuf);            ExitPostmaster(1);
>
> so my guess is that you have to remove group/other permissions on the
> file.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Rob Abernethy IV wrote:
> > I cannot get the postmaster to start up in SSL mode.  I receive the following
> > error:
> >
> > bad permissions on private key file (/var/lib/pgsql/data/server.key)
> >
> > I've checked the permissions and everything seems to be fine.
> >
> > ls -al
> > total 56
> > drwx------    6 postgres postgres     4096 Dec 18 17:17 .
> > drwxr--r--    4 postgres postgres     4096 Dec 18 17:17 ..
> > drwx------    4 postgres postgres     4096 Dec 18 16:23 base
> > drwx------    2 postgres postgres     4096 Dec 18 17:17 global
> > drwx------    2 postgres postgres     4096 Dec 18 16:23 pg_clog
> > -rw-------    1 postgres postgres     2404 Dec 18 16:41 pg_hba.conf
> > -rw-------    1 postgres postgres     1441 Dec 18 16:23 pg_ident.conf
> > -rw-------    1 postgres postgres        4 Dec 18 16:23 PG_VERSION
> > drwx------    2 postgres postgres     4096 Dec 18 16:23 pg_xlog
> > -rw-------    1 postgres postgres     5224 Dec 18 17:17 postgresql.conf
> > -rw-------    1 postgres postgres       20 Dec 18 17:16 postmaster.opts
> > -rw-r--r--    1 postgres postgres     3223 Dec 18 17:10 server.crt
> > -rw-r--r--    1 postgres postgres      887 Dec 18 17:10 server.key
> >
> > I'm using postgresql-7.3-2PGDG.
> >
> > Is this the correct list for this type of question?  Thanks.
> >
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> > Robert Abernethy IV
> > Dynamic Edge, Inc.
> > 734.975.0460
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