Prevent running pg_basebackup as root Similarly to pg_upgrade, pg_ctl and initdb, a root user is able to use --version and --help, but cannot execute the actual operation to avoid the creation of files with permissions incompatible with the postmaster.
This is a behavior change, so not back-patching is done. Author: Ian Barwick Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CABvVfJVqOdD2neLkYdygdOHvbWz_5K_iWiqY+psMfA=feaa...@mail.gmail.com Branch ------ master Details ------- https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/7bae0ad9fcb76b28410571dc71edfdc3175c4a02 Modified Files -------------- src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
