Martin Pihlak <martin.pihlak@gmail.com> writes:
> It'd be convenient if the log files would have group read access. Then we could
> make all the DBA or monitoring users members of the postgres group and they'd
> have direct access to the logs. However, as the "group read" is not likely a
> universally correct setting, the creation mode needs to be configurable.
It doesn't appear to me that this helps unless you are willing to make
the containing director(ies) group-readable/executable as well, which is
something we've resisted doing.
regards, tom lane
