"Leif B. Kristensen" <leif@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > There's one thing I've been wondering about: Why isn't the postgresql > config file in /etc, with all the rest? Because (a) that would mean you couldn't run Postgres without root privileges (to set up the config files), and (b) you couldn't run more than one postmaster on a system. Both of these ideas are complete nonstarters as far as the developers are concerned, even though they might be reasonable things as far as the average user is concerned (at least until he wants to run two different PG versions while testing an upgrade). As of PG 8.0 it is possible to keep all the hand-edited config files anyplace you please, so if keeping them under /etc appeals to you, you can do it. But it's unlikely to ever become the default. For details see http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/runtime-config.html#RUNTIME-CONFIG-FILE-LOCATIONS regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
