Peter J. Holzer wrote: > 2) Why does psql need to read postgresql.conf, and more specifically, > why does it care about the location of the data directory? It > shouldn't access files directly, just talk to the server via the > socket. It's not psql itself, it's pg_wrapper. $ ls -l /usr/bin/psql lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 37 Aug 8 12:48 /usr/bin/psql -> ../share/postgresql-common/pg_wrapper See http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/bionic/man1/pg_wrapper.1.html Best regards, -- Daniel Vérité PostgreSQL-powered mailer: http://www.manitou-mail.org Twitter: @DanielVerite
