Re: pgsql password when FreeBSD boots -- what's usual?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Sean Chittenden <sean(at)chittenden(dot)org>
Cc: Joel Rees <joel(at)alpsgiken(dot)gr(dot)jp>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql password when FreeBSD boots -- what's usual?
Date: 2003-04-03 20:26:57
Message-ID: 12894.1049401617@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Sean Chittenden <sean(at)chittenden(dot)org> writes:
> PostgreSQL writes out postmaster.pid in the data directory then
> link()'s it to postmaster-%d.pid. I don't see where the problem is in
> that.

If you do that then I don't see what the advantage is. I thought you
meant this as a way of avoiding PID collisions after a reboot.

regards, tom lane

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