Re: unix_socket

Tom Allison wrote:
> I'm trying to configure postfix to use the postgres database for lookups.
>
> Since I have a localhost based server, I was going to use unix_sockets.
>
> The postgres docs call for only a /directory.
>
> unix_socket_directory (string)
>
>        Specifies the directory of the Unix-domain socket on which the
>    server is to listen for connections from client applications. The
>    default is normally /tmp, but can be changed at build time.
>

I found that my Debian installation had unix_socket_directory built to
unix_socket_directory=''
and in order to use sockets, you have to explicitly call it out.