Opened 15 years ago

Closed 8 years ago

#19861 closed defect (wontfix)

launchd script for postgresql83-server doesn't work due to disabled shell

Reported by: alpha@… Owned by: jyrkiwahlstedt
Priority: Normal Milestone:
Component: ports Version: 1.7.1
Keywords: tiger Cc:
Port: postgresql83-server

Description

launchd startup script for PostgreSQL executes pg_ctl with permissions of the 'postgres' user, using su. The problem is that the 'postgres' user by default has /usr/bin/false shell which prevents it from executing any commands with su. In order to make the script work I had to manually change the shell to /bin/tcsh. I'm using Tiger.

To reproduce: 

# su postgres -c id
[NO OUTPUT AT ALL]
# chsh -s /bin/tcsh postgres
chsh: netinfo domain "." updated
# su postgres -c id
uid=252(postgres) gid=252(postgres) groups=252(postgres)

Change History (5)

comment:1 Changed 15 years ago by mf2k (Frank Schima)

Cc: jwa@… added
Owner: changed from mww to mww@…

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comment:2 Changed 14 years ago by jmroot (Joshua Root)

Keywords: tiger added

comment:3 Changed 10 years ago by jmroot (Joshua Root)

Seems to be using /bin/sh now?

comment:4 Changed 8 years ago by mf2k (Frank Schima)

Cc: jyrkiwahlstedt removed
Owner: changed from mww@… to jyrkiwahlstedt
Status: new → assigned

comment:5 Changed 8 years ago by jyrkiwahlstedt

Resolution: → wontfix
Status: assigned → closed

postgresql8x are severely out-of-date

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