| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Alfred Perlstein <bright(at)wintelcom(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Mike Mascari <mascarm(at)mascari(dot)com>, Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>, PostgreSQL HACKERS <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: fcntl(SETLK) [was Re: 2nd update on TOAST] |
| Date: | 2000-07-08 13:40:07 |
| Message-ID: | 200007081340.JAA11145@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> > That's a good point. I don't think so because the socket will only
> > create for one user. Basically, we don't need something bulletproof
> > here. We just need something to prevent admins from accidentally
> > starting two postmasters on the same port.
>
> Actually I just remebered the issue here, if one wants to start
> postmaster on an alternate port there will be no conflict and
> all hell may break loose.
We already lock the /data directory. This is for the port lock.
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