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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 06:32:04 +0000 (15:32 +0900)
commit4198b2d04b3a290793ca52aebe025cb1b138c85c
tree6777d8749196d58f937a1b3ba03ce196f65c46ff
parent78f8fbc8ab5fd9d67187e1fb1876538c55e8ddeb
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