Tom Lane wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:
> > One thing to be aware of is /tmp cleaners ...
>
> ... but that would definitely be a problem. I think on most systems
> you'd have to explicitly tweak the /tmp-cleaning script to know not to
> zap such a link. Given that such a local customization would probably
> disappear in your next system update, the security gain might be
> fleeting.
We could hack the postmaster so that it touches the /tmp socket
(hardcoded path) in addition to the unix_socket_directory one.
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