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doc: Improve description of pg_ctl -l log file permissions
authorFujii Masao <fujii@postgresql.org>
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:30:59 +0000 (15:30 +0900)
committerFujii Masao <fujii@postgresql.org>
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:31:55 +0000 (15:31 +0900)
commit0d09492a745b9f054c595ea785cbd119d7018b44
tree958868fd4c9f5faa79c4c7382dda497fb38693a9
parent29d8bd9085600a5cf751c0666a924b22e9970efb
doc: Improve description of pg_ctl -l log file permissions

The documentation stated only that the log file created by pg_ctl -l is
inaccessible to other users by default. However, since commit c37b3d0,
the actual behavior is that only the cluster owner has access by default,
but users in the same group as the cluster owner may also read the file
if group access is enabled in the cluster.

This commit updates the documentation to describe this behavior
more clearly.

Backpatch to all supported versions.

Author: Hayato Kuroda <kuroda.hayato@fujitsu.com>
Reviewed-by: Andreas Karlsson <andreas@proxel.se>
Reviewed-by: Xiaopeng Wang <wxp_728@163.com>
Reviewed-by: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/OS9PR01MB1214959BE987B4839E3046050F54BA@OS9PR01MB12149.jpnprd01.prod.outlook.com
Backpatch-through: 14
doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml