> bonolin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I install postgres 7.1 on solaris 2.6(sparc cpu).And create some > > db,runing normal.Today,I want to restart the database,it report > > "FATAL 1: configuration file `postgresql.conf' has wrong > > permissions",I check and change the permission to 775 ,but fail > > either,can you help.I need your help. Thanks! > > A look at the source code shows it wants 744 or less. > > This is probably overly restrictive; in fact, I would argue that there > should be no such check at all. We do not do runtime checks for > permissions on any other files, and some of them are far more sensitive > than postgresql.conf (password files for example). Peter, what is the > rationale for having this check? Isn't the file in /data, which is 700. Why do we care what permissions we give it? -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])