Re: serverlog function (log_destination file)

Tom Lane wrote:

>
>If I were trying to solve Andreas' problem, I'd pipe stderr to some
>program that stores recent log output in a file that I know the location
>of and can read from the hypothetical log-grabber function. Actually I
>don't see that there's any need to involve Postgres itself in this issue
>at all --- seems like the only agreement needed is between the GUI and
>the postmaster launching script about where the log file is.
>
>
What if there's no file access (e.g. only db admin, not sys admin, no
file sharing, firewalled with only 5432 port access or similar)? I'd
like a solution that needs just enabling in postgresql.conf and a button
in pgadmin3 (probably phppgadmin would follow soon), on any platform.

Regards,
Andreas