Re: "private" installation of postgres

On 09/07/10 5:15 PM, Scott Ribe wrote:
> Assume I want to install an instance of postgres such that it cannot interfere with another install, or even be
visibleto other apps. Is this all I need to do: 
>
> - install pg somewhere within my own directory
> - init the db somewhere within my own directory
> - disallow IP connections
> - set the socket directory somewhere within my own directory
>
> Or is there a doc on this somewhere?

I'm pretty sure the socket directory is hard coded in the source, I
don't think you can override it even with ./configure