Re: PostgreSQL overall design - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: PostgreSQL overall design
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Msg-id 4339444F.6010101@dunslane.net
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In response to PostgreSQL overall design  (Gnanavel S <s.gnanavel@gmail.com>)
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Gnanavel S wrote:

>
>  Need a clarification in copydir.c file of src/port directory,  In the 
> following snippet the destination directory is created first then the 
> source directory is read. Suppose if I don't have permission to read 
> the source, even then the destination directory would be created.
> I just want to know whether there is any reason for doing so?
>
>        


Under what circumstances do you imagine this will happen, since the 
postmaster user owns all the files and directories?

cheers

andrew


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