Re: [HACKERS] postmaster crash and .s.pgsql file

On Thu, 29 Jan 1998, The Hermit Hacker wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Jan 1998, Brook Milligan wrote:
>
> > No, "normal" users shouldn't be allowed to do so, obviously.  But, are
> > there real systems in which a database maintainer (i.e., user
> > postgres) cannot cooperate with the system admin (i.e., user root) to
> > accomplish this?  In practice, is it really envisioned that postgres
> > should be _so_ distinct from the system?  For example, don't most
> > people run the postmaster from the system startup scripts, and isn't
> > that the same thing?  How did those commands get inserted into the
> > startup scripts if not by root?
>
>     I do not feel that it is appropriate for a non-root program (which
> PostgreSQL is) to require a systems administrator to make permissions
> related changed to a directory for it to run, period.
>
>
>
Speaking of feelings, I'm not especially happy about allowing any old
user to trash a key file because it's located in a globally writable
directory.

Would setting the sticky bit on the permissions of the /tmp directory
help?

Marc Zuckman
marc@fallon.classyad.com

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