Re: PSA: Systemd will kill PostgreSQL

Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
> On 08/15/2016 02:43 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Last I heard, there's an exclusion for "system" accounts, so an
>> installation that's using the Fedora-provided pgsql account isn't
>> going to have a problem.  It's homebrew installs running under
>> ordinary-user accounts that are at risk.

> Presumably people just need to add the system account tag to the unit
> file, no?

Well, yeah, it's easy to fix once you know you need to do so.  The
complaint is basically that out-of-the-box, it's broken, and it's
not very clear what was gained by breaking it.

			regards, tom lane