> I would opt for /var/run to store the pid files and have the name set to
That would assume that postmaster runs as root, which is not
allowed...has to be in /tmp somewhere
No. Make /var/run writable by some group (e.g., group pidlog) and put
postgres (and other things like root or daemon or ..., whatever needs
to log pid files) in that group.
/var/run really is where a pid file should be. I submitted a patch
that would do this some time ago. I'll resend it if there is
interest.
Cheers,
Brook
