Make external_pid_file world readable

diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
index 1f0d4e63fb0ce0fdbb3ba0797aff65e28a420c4c..6572292a40f72f13a36c4eeaacf5be224bf4246f 100644 (file)
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
@@ -1024,6 +1024,11 @@ PostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
            fprintf(fpidfile, "%d\n", MyProcPid);
            fclose(fpidfile);
            /* Should we remove the pid file on postmaster exit? */
+
+           /* Make PID file world readable */
+           if (chmod(external_pid_file, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH) != 0)
+               write_stderr("%s: could not change permissions of external PID file \"%s\": %s\n",
+                            progname, external_pid_file, strerror(errno));
        }
        else
            write_stderr("%s: could not write external PID file \"%s\": %s\n",