PostgreSQL won't start: “server.key” has group or world access

Question

Whenerver I start PostgreSQL using command:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql start

Pg doesn\'t start up. The error reported is:

Answer 1

How about not to hard copying the Server Key and leaving it where and like it is.

Instead it is simplier to:

Change the "server.key" link Permissions in PostgreSQL Data Directory (its the Location where the Link to the private certificate.key File resides)

# cd /var/lib/postgresql/9.1/main/

to

# chown -R postgres:postgres server.key`

And make sure that the original Certificate in

# /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key

has those Properties, by Setting them

# chmod 640 ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
# chown root:ssl-cert ssl-cert-snakeoil.key

This Solution has been tested on Debian. Please remember that CentOS can use the SELinux with extended User Rights Management, which can be viewed by

# ls -laZ *