Re: unix_socket_group problem - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: unix_socket_group problem
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Msg-id 4156.1258130855@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to unix_socket_group problem  (Joe Miller <joe.d.miller@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: unix_socket_group problem  (Joe Miller <joe.d.miller@gmail.com>)
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Joe Miller <joe.d.miller@gmail.com> writes:
> I have a PostgreSQL installation for which I would like to limit local
> domain socket access to the postgres user and members of the "myadmin"
> group. I've modified pg_hba.conf to trust local domain socket connections,
> and changed these settings in postgresql.conf:
> unix_socket_group = 'myadmin'
> unix_socket_permissions = 0770

Looks reasonable.

> When I look at the socket file in /tmp, I see the following:
> srwx------  1 postgres postgres    0 Nov 13 10:03 .s.PGSQL.5432

Huh, did you restart the server?  Are you sure you modified the right
config file?  Those settings obviously didn't "take".

            regards, tom lane

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