From: Joshua Drake <jd@commandprompt.com>
To: Steve Holdoway <steve.holdoway@firetrust.com>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Logs perms and ownership
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:22:45 -0700
Message-ID: <20080825192245.1a4da5be@jd-laptop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080826141113.a026a405.steve.holdoway@firetrust.com>
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<20080826141113.a026a405.steve.holdoway@firetrust.com>
On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:11:13 +1200
Steve Holdoway <steve.holdoway@firetrust.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:42:19 +1000
> <steve@outtalimits.com.au> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Is there a way to make the postgres logs readable by other users or
> > a group apart from postgres:postgres?
> > I am on postgres 8.1
> >
> > I cannot see any feature to allow setting perms or ownership
> >
>
> Add that user to the postgres group?
>
Actually that may or may not work. If the log directory is under
$PGDATA then it won't because $PGDATA must be 0700. If the log
directory is elsewhere or he is using syslog he can get around it.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
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