Re: SSL Mode

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Dan Langille <dan(at)langille(dot)org>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Rob Abernethy IV <abernethy(at)dynedge(dot)com>, postgresql <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: SSL Mode
Date: 2002-12-23 18:42:27
Message-ID: 200212231842.gBNIgRo02712@candle.pha.pa.us
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Dan Langille wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Dec 2002, Tom Lane wrote:
>
> > "Rob Abernethy IV" <abernethy(at)dynedge(dot)com> writes:
> > > I cannot get the postmaster to start up in SSL mode. I receive the following
> > > error:
> > > bad permissions on private key file (/var/lib/pgsql/data/server.key)
> >
> > > -rw-r--r-- 1 postgres postgres 3223 Dec 18 17:10 server.crt
> > > -rw-r--r-- 1 postgres postgres 887 Dec 18 17:10 server.key
> >
> > I think it wants the private key file to be mode 600 or less --- a
> > world-readable private key isn't very private, hmm?
>
> Is this a good candidate for error message improvement?

Yes. I will take care of it.

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