From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Smith, Andy V <andy.v.smith@citi.com>
Cc: 'pgsql-admin@postgresql.org' <pgsql-admin@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: file permissions for /usr/bin/postgres
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:40:58 -0400
Message-ID: <5210.1310571658@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
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"Smith, Andy V " <andy.v.smith@citi.com> writes:
> 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.
"Not considered secure" by whom, and on what grounds? Those are pretty
much the standard permission settings for any executable in /usr/bin.
What threat do you suppose you'll ameliorate by changing them?
regards, tom lane
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