Re: log files and permissions

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Martin Pihlak <martin(dot)pihlak(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: log files and permissions
Date: 2010-07-01 17:07:06
Message-ID: 21966.1278004026@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Martin Pihlak <martin(dot)pihlak(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> It doesn't appear to me that this helps unless you are willing to make
>> the containing director(ies) group-readable/executable as well, which is
>> something we've resisted doing.

> The log can be moved outside of data directory by setting "log_directory"
> to an absolute path.

Oh, of course. We'd need to mention that in the documentation for the
log-file-permission GUC.

regards, tom lane

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