On 07/25/2013 02:02 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: >> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 6:03 PM, Alvaro Herrera >> <alvhe...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: >>> Josh Berkus escribi�: >>>> We are missing one feature, which is the ability to relocate the >>>> postgresql.auto.conf file if relocating it is desireable according to >>>> some sysadmin spec. > >> My thought is that people might put postgresql.conf in a directory >> that only contains configuration files and isn't writeable by the >> postgres user. So I would expect to find postgresql.auto.conf in the >> data directory always. > > Yeah, exactly. I think putting it anywhere but $PGDATA is a bad idea, > and a sysadmin who thinks he knows better probably doesn't.
Please see Greg Smith's fairly strong arguments for putting it in the config/ directory. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
