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

Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: brook@trillium.nmsu.edu (Brook Milligan)
Cc: hackers@postgreSQL.org (PostgreSQL-development)
Date: 1998-01-29T16:50:48Z
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
> 
> No.  Make /var/run writable by some group (e.g., group pidlog) and put
> postgres (and other things like root or daemon or ..., whatever needs
> to log pid files) in that group.
> 
> /var/run really is where a pid file should be.  I submitted a patch
> that would do this some time ago.  I'll resend it if there is
> interest.

We can't expect the user to be able to change /var/run permissions. 
Must be in pgsql/ or /tmp.

-- 
Bruce Momjian
maillist@candle.pha.pa.us