Re: Re: Sure enough, the lock file is gone

Florent Guillaume wrote:
> 
> /tmp is for *temporary* files. Such a lock is not a temporary file, it
> should go somewhere in /var, why not in /var/lib/pgsql/data ?

/var/lib is also not for locks, per FHS.

/var/lock/pgsql (or /var/lock/postgresql....) would be the FHS-mandated
place for such a file.

Comments?  _Why_ is the lock in /tmp?  Won't the lock always be put into
place by the uid used to run postmaster?  Is a _world_ writeable
temporary directory the right place?

7.2 discussion, however, IMHO.
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Lamar Owen
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