Re: pg_basebackup ignores the existing data directory permissions

On 2019-03-09 02:19, Haribabu Kommi wrote:
> Yes, I agree that it may be a problem if the existing data directory
> permissions
> are 0700 to changing it to 0750. But it may not be a problem for the
> scenarios,
> where the existing data permissions  >=0750, to the upstream permissions.
> Because user must need to change anyway to start the server, otherwise
> server
> start fails, and also the files inside the data folder follows the
> permissions of the
> upstream data directory.
> 
> usually production systems follows same permissions are of upstream, I don't
> see a problem in following the same for development environment also?

I think the potential problems of getting this wrong are bigger than the
issue we are trying to fix.

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