Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Isn't the file in /data, which is 700. Why do we care what permissions > we give it? Indeed. I could understand having a postmaster-start-time check that $PGDATA has mode 700 (initdb makes this true anyway, but having the postmaster double-check is not unreasonable). But I don't see why we should expend cycles on checking the permissions of stuff inside $PGDATA. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly