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

As the error message says, fix the permissions for the key file server.key. The server runs as user "postgres" which should own the file. Try

#cd  
#chown postgres server.key
#chmod 0640 server.key