Re: PSA: Systemd will kill PostgreSQL - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: PSA: Systemd will kill PostgreSQL
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Msg-id 1864.1471306713@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: PSA: Systemd will kill PostgreSQL  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
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Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
> On 08/15/2016 02:43 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Last I heard, there's an exclusion for "system" accounts, so an
>> installation that's using the Fedora-provided pgsql account isn't
>> going to have a problem.  It's homebrew installs running under
>> ordinary-user accounts that are at risk.

> Presumably people just need to add the system account tag to the unit
> file, no?

Well, yeah, it's easy to fix once you know you need to do so.  The
complaint is basically that out-of-the-box, it's broken, and it's
not very clear what was gained by breaking it.
        regards, tom lane



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