Re: Stumped by a version conflict.

From: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: bluestar43(at)gmail(dot)com, Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Stumped by a version conflict.
Date: 2010-07-16 23:57:21
Message-ID: 20100716235721.GX21875@tamriel.snowman.net
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* Tom Lane (tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us) wrote:
> On most modern Unixen it's perfectly possible for an existing process to
> continue to run an executable that's been deleted from the filesystem.

Indeed, but it's not generally a good thing. I'd recommend installing
something which checks for such things and sends a report when found
(uh, openvas is the first thing that comes to mind, but TIGER IDS might
catch these also).

Thanks,

Stephen

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