Re: "private" installation of postgres

On Tuesday 07 September 2010, John R Pierce elucidated thus:
>   On 09/07/10 5:15 PM, Scott Ribe wrote:
> > Assume I want to install an instance of postgres such that it
> > cannot interfere with another install, or even be visible to other
> > apps. Is this all I need to do:
> >
> > - install pg somewhere within my own directory
> > - init the db somewhere within my own directory
> > - disallow IP connections
> > - set the socket directory somewhere within my own directory
> >
> > Or is there a doc on this somewhere?
>
> I'm pretty sure the socket directory is hard coded in the source, I
> don't think you can override it even with ./configure

postgresql.conf:

unix_socket_directory = '/var/run/postgresql'

j

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