diff -ur postgresql-8.0.15.orig/src/backend/libpq/be-secure.c postgresql-8.0.15/src/backend/libpq/be-secure.c
--- postgresql-8.0.15.orig/src/backend/libpq/be-secure.c	2008-02-21 04:06:04.334289203 +0100
+++ postgresql-8.0.15/src/backend/libpq/be-secure.c	2008-02-21 04:08:47.309426324 +0100
@@ -737,8 +737,8 @@
 		 * data directory permission check in postmaster.c)
 		 */
 #if !defined(WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
-		if (!S_ISREG(buf.st_mode) || (buf.st_mode & (S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO)) ||
-			buf.st_uid != geteuid())
+		if (!S_ISREG(buf.st_mode) || (buf.st_mode & (S_IWGRP | S_IRWXO)) ||
+			(buf.st_uid != geteuid()) && buf.st_uid != 0)
 			ereport(FATAL,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_CONFIG_FILE_ERROR),
 				  errmsg("unsafe permissions on private key file \"%s\"",