Re: BUG #1632: Several jailed PostgreSQL instances.

From: Achilleus Mantzios <achill(at)matrix(dot)gatewaynet(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Marc Fournier <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, "Nicolai Petri (lists)" <lists(at)petri(dot)cc>, Alexander Rusinov <boot(at)eurocom(dot)od(dot)ua>, <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: BUG #1632: Several jailed PostgreSQL instances.
Date: 2005-05-03 07:25:10
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0505031015420.8707-100000@matrix.gatewaynet.com
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O Tom Lane έγραψε στις May 3, 2005 :

> Achilleus Mantzios <achill(at)matrix(dot)gatewaynet(dot)com> writes:
> > Its obvious that FreeBSD says: DONT USE IPC in jails, so its far from a
> > bug.
>
> Marc's been running PG inside FreeBSD jails for years, so it seems
> like there's some disconnect here ... I don't have the knowledge
> to resolve it though.

FreeBSD's security.jail.sysvipc_allowed sysctl variable's intention
was to allow a person to overcome FreeBSD security.

Ofcource someone can run postgresql in jails, but it is not
secure in public servers.

Thats why security.jail.sysvipc_allowed defaults to -> 0,
in other words thats why they say to not use IPC in jails.

>
> regards, tom lane
>
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-Achilleus

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