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Diffstat (limited to 'src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c index 44e6f768152..99fc6824c60 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ * * * IDENTIFICATION - * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c,v 1.73 2001/07/03 16:49:48 tgl Exp $ + * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c,v 1.74 2001/08/06 13:45:15 petere Exp $ * *------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ @@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ void SetDataDir(const char *dir) { char *new; + struct stat stat_buf; AssertArg(dir); @@ -162,6 +163,21 @@ SetDataDir(const char *dir) if (!new) elog(FATAL, "out of memory"); } + + /* + * Check if the directory has group or world access. If so, reject. + */ + if (stat(new, &stat_buf) == -1) + { + free(new); + elog(FATAL, "could not read permissions of directory %s: %s", new, strerror(errno)); + } + + if (stat_buf.st_mode & (S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO)) + { + free(new); + elog(FATAL, "data directory %s has group or world access; permissions should be u=rwx (0700)", new); + } if (DataDir) free(DataDir); |