Re: Sure enough, the lock file is gone

Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> Note: programs that run as non-root users may be unable to create files un
>der
>> /var/run and therefore need a subdirectory owned by the appropriate user.
>
>This is the killer. We can't require root. Seems we are stuck with
>/tmp.

I'd be surprised to learn that non-admin users are allowed to write
in /usr/local, either. If, on some machine, PostgreSQL is such an
unoffical project that the admin won't agree to create /var/run/postgresql,
the user can define his own temporary directory using the method we have
already included in 7.1; if, on the other hand, he is able to create
/usr/local/pgsql, he will also be able to create /var/run/postgresql.

Really, how many users do we have who can't get their admin to do
this for them?

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