From: Nicolas BALDECK <nicolas@vizille.net>
To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: "root" execution not permitted. and busybox
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 23:05:38 +0100
Message-ID: <4D13C7B2.1000506@vizille.net> (raw)
Hi guys,
this is driving me crazy... Do someone have an idea ?
# echo 'pgsql:pgsql:100:100:pgsql:/home/pgsql:/bin/sh' >> /etc/passwd
# su - pgsql
warning: cannot change to home directory
BusyBox v1.7.2 (2010-12-23 22:00:59 CET) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
$ /tmp/mnt/usb0/part1/usr/bin/postmaster -D '/tmp/mnt/usb0/part1/caisse/db'
"root" execution of the PostgreSQL server is not permitted.
The server must be started under an unprivileged user ID to prevent
possible system security compromise. See the documentation for
more information on how to properly start the server.
$ su
su: applet requires root privileges!
$
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