Re: FW: [CYGWIN] 7.2b3 postmaster doesn't start on Win98

From: Hiroshi Inoue <Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Serguei Mokhov <sa_mokho(at)alcor(dot)concordia(dot)ca>, mlw <markw(at)mohawksoft(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: FW: [CYGWIN] 7.2b3 postmaster doesn't start on Win98
Date: 2001-12-04 23:59:54
Message-ID: 3C0D637A.50D6C1DA@tpf.co.jp
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Tom Lane wrote:
>
> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> > Tom Lane writes:
> >> We did not have any permissions checks in releases before 7.2, so
> >> this approach doesn't mean any regression for newer Windows versions.
>
> > We did have the same permission check in 7.1, only it was on
> > $PGDATA/postgresql.conf instead. Nothing has changed materially.
>
> Hmmm ... why weren't Windows users complaining before, then?

It was not the same permission check.
The check allowed 0744 whereas the current check only allows
0700.

regards,
Hiroshi Inoue

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