data_directory_mode
A read-only preset configuration parameter reporting the permissions of the data directory
data_directory_mode
is a preset configuration parameter reporting the permissions of the data directory defined by the data_directory
parameter at startup.
data_directory_mode
was added in PostgreSQL 11.
Default value
The default value for data_directory_mode
is: 0700
.
Note that as a preset configuration parameter, data_directory_mode
does not have a default value per-se. It can however be implicitly set when initialising a data directory with initdb using the -g
/--allow-group-access
, or by manually setting the data directory permissions to one of either 0700
(drwx------
) or 0750
(drwxr-x---
) before (re)starting PostgreSQL. Other combinations of permission settings are not permitted.
Change history
- PostgreSQL 11
- added (commit c37b3d08)
References
- PostgreSQL documentation: data_directory_mode