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

Setthe permissions of /etc/ssl/private to root:ssl-cert. Comments on this issue made me try this solution.

NOTE: even tough the answer is accepted, it didn't solve my issue. To help someone else i wanted to answer here.