Patch applied. Thanks.
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Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> darnit!
>
> patch attached.
>
> (Thinks - do we need to worry about suid sgid and sticky bits on data dir?)
>
> andrew
>
> Tom Lane wrote:
>
> >Joe Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> >
> >>I just noticed tonight that the new initdb introduced a subtle change of
> >>behavior. I use a shell script to automate the process of
> >>- rm old data directory
> >>- mkdir new data directory
> >>- initdb
> >>- load from pgdumpall
> >>Now, that second step is not needed, but as of today it produces an
> >>installation that won't start due to improper permissions on data
> >>
> >>
> >
> >That's a bug --- evidently the "fix permissions" path of control is
> >wrong; can you take a look?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> ? .deps
> ? initdb
> Index: initdb.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql-server/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.7
> diff -c -w -r1.7 initdb.c
> *** initdb.c 13 Nov 2003 23:46:31 -0000 1.7
> --- initdb.c 14 Nov 2003 06:47:50 -0000
> ***************
> *** 2345,2350 ****
> --- 2345,2359 ----
>
> made_new_pgdata = true;
> }
> + else
> + {
> + printf("fixing permissions on existing directory %s... ",pg_data);
> + fflush(stdout);
> + if (!chmod(pg_data,0700))
> + exit_nicely();
> + else
> + check_ok();
> + }
>
> /* Create required subdirectories */
>
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