Re: Min value for port

On 6/27/13 6:34 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> Is there a reason why we have set the min allowed value for port to 1,
> not 1024? Given that you can't actually start postgres with a value of
> <1024, shoulnd't the entry in pg_settings reference that as well?

Are you thinking of the restriction that you need to be root to use
ports <1024?  That restriction is not necessarily universal.  We can let
the kernel tell us at run time if it doesn't like our port.