777 permissions on basebackup directory

From: prakhar jauhari <prak840(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: 777 permissions on basebackup directory
Date: 2013-07-16 04:42:06
Message-ID: CAEd0_=_G1sQhS56sLhj83b=TaFFcW7DGSurdiwS6m5eYVpWtcA@mail.gmail.com
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Hi all,
I am currently using postgresql 9.2 installation.
While taking base backups using pg_basebackup utility, I noticed that
permissions of the directory which i specify for base backup are set to
777. Does postgesql need such lenient permissions to work, coz 777 on Db
directory seems a security concern to me.

Regards,
Prakhar.

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