Re: Postgres won't start after setting ssl=on

Does postgres run as root or as the postgres user. I suspect you want
postgres to own that file.

Mike Christensen wrote:
> Hi, I'm trying to require SSL for Postgres connections from certain
> IPs..  This is on Postgres 9.0.
>
> First, I've followed the directions at:
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/ssl-tcp.html
>
> I've created the files server.crt and server.key.  I've also removed
> the passphrase from the key so Postgres can start automatically.
> Finally, I ran:
>
> chmod 0600 server.key
>
> The permissions on server.key are now:
>
> -rw------- 1 root root 887 Oct 10 03:42 server.key
>
> However, when I set ssl = on in postgresql.conf and start the server,
> I get the logged error:
>
> 2010-10-10 03:47:07 UTC FATAL:  could not load private key file
> "server.key": Permission denied
>
> I'm logged on as root.  Any ideas?  Thanks!
>
> Mike
>
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