Re: pg_createcluster not obeying default for socket directory

A new week, back at work:

colin@corundum:~$ getent passwd postgres
postgres:x:104:113:PostgreSQL administrator,,,:/var/lib/postgresql:/bin/bash

colin@corundum:~$ ls -ld /var/lib/postgresql/9.3/main /var/run/postgresql
ls: cannot access /var/run/postgresql: No such file or directory
drwx------ 15 postgres postgres 4096 2013-08-01 10:39
/var/lib/postgresql/9.3/main

colin@corundum:~$ sudo ls -ld /var/lib/postgresql/9.3/main /var/run/postgresql
[sudo] password for colin:
ls: cannot access /var/run/postgresql: No such file or directory
drwx------ 15 postgres postgres 4096 2013-08-01 10:39
/var/lib/postgresql/9.3/main

colin@corundum:~$ dpkg -l 'postgresql-*common'
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                    Version                 Description
+++-=======================-=======================-==============================================================
ii  postgresql-client-commo 147.pgdg10.4+1          manager for
multiple PostgreSQL client versions
ii  postgresql-common       147.pgdg10.4+1          PostgreSQL
database-cluster manager



Cheers,

Colin


On 2 August 2013 10:43, Christoph Berg <cb@df7cb.de> wrote:
> Re: Colin 't Hart 2013-08-01 <CAMon-aRowt7ECfd1skCHL-NqRUZ50fE_FosO=-v3WecDeF3EGw@mail.gmail.com>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Just installed 9.3b2 from the PG group's APT repository. Because I'm
>> upgrading from 9.3b1 I need to recreate my cluster.
>>
>> I get this warning when creating the cluster:
>>
>> colin@corundum:~$ sudo pg_createcluster 9.3 main --start
>> Creating new cluster 9.3/main ...
>>   config /etc/postgresql/9.3/main
>>   data   /var/lib/postgresql/9.3/main
>>   locale en_US.UTF-8
>> Warning: The socket directory for owners other than 'postgres'
>> defaults to /tmp. You might want to change the unix_socket_directories parameter
>> in postgresql.conf to a more secure directory.
>
> Hi Colin,
>
> can you run a few commands so we have more details about your system?
>
> getent passwd postgres
> ls -ld /var/lib/postgresql/9.3/main /var/run/postgresql
> dpkg -l 'postgresql-*common'
>
> Christoph
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