Graham Leggett wrote:
> This code makes the incorrect assumption that the platform will allow the
> postgres user to set the permissions using chmod.
> What this code should be doing is checking that the permissions on the
> directory are 0700, and failing if they are not, leaving it up to the user
> to fix the problem.
>
> Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 refuses to allow a user to chmod a directory, even
> though that user owns that directory. In addition, if SELinux is enabled,
> this gives a further reason why the code will fail.
Is this something we should do anything about?
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