Re: danger of stats_temp_directory = /dev/shm

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: danger of stats_temp_directory = /dev/shm
Date: 2013-04-25 15:24:53
Message-ID: 51794AC5.9080709@gmx.net
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On 4/25/13 12:09 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> I think we need it fixed to reject any stats_temp_directory that is not
> postgres-owned with restrictive permissions. The problem here is not
> with what it deletes, it's with the insanely insecure configuration.

Yeah, the requirements should be similar to what initdb requires for
PGDATA and pg_xlog.

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