Re: Connection to PostgreSQL Using Certificate: Wrong Permissions on Private Key File

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Atkins-Trimnell, Angus Black" <trimnell(at)uic(dot)edu>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Connection to PostgreSQL Using Certificate: Wrong Permissions on Private Key File
Date: 2008-03-29 19:50:20
Message-ID: 20376.1206820220@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Atkins-Trimnell, Angus Black" <trimnell(at)uic(dot)edu> writes:
> I have tried various owner/group/permissions combinations for
> WEB_HOME/.postgresql/postgresql.key. I have had it set as root:root with
> 700 permissions, postgresql:root with 700, and postgresql:postgresql with
> 700. I've also tried these various combinations with 750 permissions.

> Regardless, when I try to connect, I get the following error message:

> Unable to connect to PostgreSQL server: private key file
> "/var/www/.postgresql/postgresql.key" has wrong permissions

The code appears to want 700 and ownership equal to that of the process
executing libpq, ie, the apache server.

regards, tom lane

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