Re: [HACKERS] postmaster crash and .s.pgsql file

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>    > I would opt for /var/run to store the pid files and have the name set to
>
>        That would assume that postmaster runs as root, which is not
>    allowed...has to be in /tmp somewhere
>
> No.  Make /var/run writable by some group (e.g., group pidlog) and put
> postgres (and other things like root or daemon or ..., whatever needs
> to log pid files) in that group.
>
> /var/run really is where a pid file should be.  I submitted a patch
> that would do this some time ago.  I'll resend it if there is
> interest.

We can't expect the user to be able to change /var/run permissions.
Must be in pgsql/ or /tmp.

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Bruce Momjian
maillist@candle.pha.pa.us