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",