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

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