On 3/10/16 9:20 PM, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > On 3/4/16 3:55 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote: >> * it failed to check for S_IXUSR, so permissions 0700 were okay, in >> contradiction with what the error message indicates. This is a >> preexisting bug actually. Do we want to fix it by preventing a >> user-executable file (possibly breaking compability with existing >> executable key files), or do we want to document what the restriction >> really is? > > I think we should not check for S_IXUSR. There is no reason for doing that. > > I can imagine that key files are sometimes copied around using USB > drives with FAT file systems or other means of that sort where > permissions can scrambled. While I hate gratuitous executable bits as > much as the next person, insisting here would just create annoyances in > practice.
I'm happy with this patch except this minor point. Any final comments? -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
