Re: location of the configuration files

From: Oliver Elphick <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Vince Vielhaber <vev(at)michvhf(dot)com>, "J(dot) M(dot) Brenner" <doom(at)kzsu(dot)stanford(dot)edu>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: location of the configuration files
Date: 2003-02-14 06:18:22
Message-ID: 1045203502.10914.103.camel@linda.lfix.co.uk
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On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 22:53, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Oliver Elphick wrote:
> > What your comments strongly suggest to me is that projects like
> > PostgreSQL and pine, along with everything else, should comply with FHS;
> > then there will be no confusion because everyone will be following the
> > smae standards. Messes arise when people ignore standards; we have all
> > seen the dreadful examples of MySQL and the Beast, haven't we?
>
> Can the FHS handle installing PostgreSQL as non-root?

Certainly. It is only necessary to set permissions correctly in
/etc/postgresql and /var/run/postgresql.

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