Re: logfile subprocess and Fancy File Functions

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>, PostgreSQL Patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: logfile subprocess and Fancy File Functions
Date: 2004-07-24 17:13:48
Message-ID: 200407241713.i6OHDmD18119@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > One issue is that the log files might be in /var/log with other server
> > logs.
>
> Probably not; it seems unlikely that the postgres user would have write
> permission on /var/log, as it would have to have to do log rotation in
> such a case. I'd expect anyone putting PG logs under /var/log to create
> a postgres-owned subdirectory for 'em.

Oh, yea, right.

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