Re: "private" installation of postgres

From: John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>
To: Scott Ribe <scott_ribe(at)killerbytes(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general Postgres General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: "private" installation of postgres
Date: 2010-09-08 00:20:24
Message-ID: 4C86D6C8.6070101@hogranch.com
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On 09/07/10 5:15 PM, Scott Ribe wrote:
> Assume I want to install an instance of postgres such that it cannot interfere with another install, or even be visible to other apps. Is this all I need to do:
>
> - install pg somewhere within my own directory
> - init the db somewhere within my own directory
> - disallow IP connections
> - set the socket directory somewhere within my own directory
>
> Or is there a doc on this somewhere?

I'm pretty sure the socket directory is hard coded in the source, I
don't think you can override it even with ./configure

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