file permissions for /usr/bin/postgres

From: "Smith, Andy V " <andy(dot)v(dot)smith(at)citi(dot)com>
To: "'pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: file permissions for /usr/bin/postgres
Date: 2011-07-07 17:17:47
Message-ID: 4F245A072491544EB83F085AD6AADFC7011B9DEE07@exlnmb02.eur.nsroot.net
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Hi

Can someone please advise what the most secure permissions are allowed for /usr/bin/postgres ?
At the moment we have:

-bash-3.2# ls -lt /usr/bin/postgres
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4574696 Jan 28 19:31 /usr/bin/postgres

This is not considered secure.

Regards,

Andy V Smith
Global Database Engineering
Citi Architecture & Technology Engineering (CATE)
Office +44 207-500-8068
Level 6, CGC1 | 25 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, | London E14 5LB

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