Re: Re: Sure enough, the lock file is gone

From: Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org>
To: Florent Guillaume <efgeor(at)noos(dot)fr>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Re: Sure enough, the lock file is gone
Date: 2001-01-27 19:09:11
Message-ID: 3A731CD7.6F0EA82B@wgcr.org
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Florent Guillaume wrote:
>
> /tmp is for *temporary* files. Such a lock is not a temporary file, it
> should go somewhere in /var, why not in /var/lib/pgsql/data ?

/var/lib is also not for locks, per FHS.

/var/lock/pgsql (or /var/lock/postgresql....) would be the FHS-mandated
place for such a file.

Comments? _Why_ is the lock in /tmp? Won't the lock always be put into
place by the uid used to run postmaster? Is a _world_ writeable
temporary directory the right place?

7.2 discussion, however, IMHO.
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Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio
1 Peter 4:11

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