Re: [HACKERS] mode of libs

>
> On Wed, 25 Feb 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > Now there is a bigger problem. pg_pwd is mode rw-rw-rw- because a COPY
> > is used to create it. Any ideas how to fix this? Copy sets the
> > permissions to this before it creates the file. It temporarily changes
> > the umask to create the file. If pg_pwd ever has data in it and it is
> > world-readable, it is unsecure.
> >
> > Anyone have a brilliant idea on a fix?
>
> Why, again, is COPY creating files 666? 600, IMHO, sounds more
> appropriate, but I imagine there has to be a reason why it is 666...

Because the owner is postgres, not the user running the psql copy
command.

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