Re: pg_basebackup ignores the existing data directory permissions - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On 2019-03-16 15:29, Robert Haas wrote:
> Another option would be to provide a pg_basebackup option to allow the
> user to specify what they intended i.e.  --[no-]group-read.  (Tying it
> to -R doesn't sound like a good decision to me.)

I was actually surprised to learn how it works right now.  I would have
preferred that pg_basebackup require an explicit option to turn on group
access, similar to initdb.

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