Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 6:03 PM, Alvaro Herrera
> <alvherre@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.
regards, tom lane