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    Prevent pg_ctl from being run as root. Since it uses configuration files · c58675b4
    Tom Lane authored
    owned by postgres, doing "pg_ctl start" as root could allow a privilege
    escalation attack, as pointed out by iDEFENSE.  Of course the postmaster would
    fail, but we ought to fail a little sooner to protect sysadmins unfamiliar
    with Postgres.  The chosen fix is to disable root use of pg_ctl in all cases,
    just to be confident there are no other holes.
    c58675b4
pg_ctl.c 33.3 KB