Tom Lane wrote:
> > I figured out the problem, postmaster when run as postgres didn't have
> > write permissions to /var/run/postgresql directory (where the Debian
> > version puts its socket files) and therefore didn't have permission to
> > open the socket. .
>
> ROTFL ... score one for the Debian package's gratuitously non-standard
> placement of the sockets ...
I beg to differ. I didn't jump in the last thread, but I believe
/var/run is a more safe and standard place than putting everything under
/tmp. There is a problem with that package, not a general problem of
policy.
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