Re: pg_createcluster not obeying default for socket directory

Re: Colin 't Hart 2013-08-01 <CAMon-aRowt7ECfd1skCHL-NqRUZ50fE_FosO=-v3WecDeF3EGw(at)mail(dot)gmail(dot)com>
> Hi,
>
> Just installed 9.3b2 from the PG group's APT repository. Because I'm
> upgrading from 9.3b1 I need to recreate my cluster.
>
> I get this warning when creating the cluster:
>
> colin(at)corundum:~$ sudo pg_createcluster 9.3 main --start
> Creating new cluster 9.3/main ...
> config /etc/postgresql/9.3/main
> data /var/lib/postgresql/9.3/main
> locale en_US.UTF-8
> Warning: The socket directory for owners other than 'postgres'
> defaults to /tmp. You might want to change the unix_socket_directories parameter
> in postgresql.conf to a more secure directory.

Hi Colin,

can you run a few commands so we have more details about your system?

getent passwd postgres
ls -ld /var/lib/postgresql/9.3/main /var/run/postgresql
dpkg -l 'postgresql-*common'

Christoph
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