Re: BUG #1963: SSL certificate permission check is too strict - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: BUG #1963: SSL certificate permission check is too strict
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Msg-id 4893.1129437664@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: BUG #1963: SSL certificate permission check is too strict  (Martin Pitt <mpitt@debian.org>)
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Martin Pitt <mpitt@debian.org> writes:
> At least the certificate could be permitted to be owned/in group root.
> I cannot see how this should weaken the certificate's security.

Postgres doesn't run as root, hence could not use such a certificate
unless it was world-readable.

Or should I infer from this that you've also patched out that safety
check?

            regards, tom lane

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