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Re: [HACKERS] postmaster crash and .s.pgsql file

Andrew Martin <martin@biochemistry.ucl.ac.uk>

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From: Andrew Martin <martin@biochemistry.ucl.ac.uk>
To: hackers@postgreSQL.org
Date: 1998-01-29T10:49:50Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
>    > I would opt for /var/run to store the pid files and have the name set to
> 
> 	   That would assume that postmaster runs as root, which is not
>    allowed...has to be in /tmp somewhere
> 
> Maybe both should be under /usr/local/pgsql
I assume you mean the root of the installation rather than specifically
/usr/local/pgsql.

> somewhere, so they will not be removed by any 
> '/tmp'-clean-up-scripts.
> 
In $PGDATA would seem as good as anywhere (maybe $PGDATA/.run or some such)

/usr/local is mounted r/o on my system - $PGDATA lives elsewhere and is
writable.

Andrew
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