PostgreSQL won't start: “server.key” has group or world access

Question

Whenerver I start PostgreSQL using command:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql start

Pg doesn\'t start up. The error reported is:

Answer 1

sudo chown postgres /var/lib/postgresql/8.4/main/server.key

sudo chmod 0640 /var/lib/postgresql/8.4/main/server.key

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