On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 12:30:17AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > "Dick Snippe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > setting umask 077 makes sense for the data files, but not per se for the > > logfile. > > The logfile typically contains data just as sensitive as the data files,
true. > so I disagree. we run postgresql as a database engine behind a number of websites. Typically all the data in the database is public data . It would be very nice if there was a method of letting our developers _read_ the logfile, without giving them _write_ access to the data files. What wrong with making this configurable? -- Dick Snippe - een Coordinator Publieke Omroep Internet Services Gebouw 12.401 (peperbus) Sumatralaan 45 Hilversum \ fight war tel +31 35 6774252, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] []() \ not wars ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
