Re: Gentoo, 8,2 ---> 8.4, and /var/run/postgresql in mode 770

From: Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: felix(at)crowfix(dot)com
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Gentoo, 8,2 ---> 8.4, and /var/run/postgresql in mode 770
Date: 2010-01-10 00:50:10
Message-ID: 4B492442.20905@2ndquadrant.com
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felix(at)crowfix(dot)com wrote:
> Everything went smoothly except the permissions of the directory
> /var/run/postgresql with the domain socket .s.PGSQL.5432. This dir
> had permissions of 770, owned by postgres.postgres, so no mere mortals
> could access it. I have changed this to 775 and can now access it.
>
> Didn't 8.2 put these in /tmp? Maybe this was a gentoo thing.

http://bugs.gentoo.org/236546 talks about what changed and shows the
associated warning, which I'm guessing you didn't see. You can move it
back to /tmp if you want.

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Greg Smith 2ndQuadrant Baltimore, MD
PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support
greg(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com www.2ndQuadrant.com

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