Re: PSA: Systemd will kill PostgreSQL

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PSA: Systemd will kill PostgreSQL
Date: 2016-08-16 00:18:33
Message-ID: 1864.1471306713@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
> On 08/15/2016 02:43 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Last I heard, there's an exclusion for "system" accounts, so an
>> installation that's using the Fedora-provided pgsql account isn't
>> going to have a problem. It's homebrew installs running under
>> ordinary-user accounts that are at risk.

> Presumably people just need to add the system account tag to the unit
> file, no?

Well, yeah, it's easy to fix once you know you need to do so. The
complaint is basically that out-of-the-box, it's broken, and it's
not very clear what was gained by breaking it.

regards, tom lane

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